Bulletin Categories: EAS

As we have previously written, in September 2022 the FCC adopted various new EAS rules, including a general requirement for broadcasters’ EAS equipment to prioritize alerts formatted in the Common...

As we reported back in August, the FCC and FEMA have announced that the next nationwide EAS test (“NPT”) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. ET....

For more than two decades, the FCC has issued a nearly-annual Public Notice reminding television broadcasters that under the FCC’s rules they must make “emergency information” accessible to viewers with...

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”) the FCC announced that the next nationwide EAS test is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. ET.  All broadcasters are required...

Broadcasters who have not yet made their required Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) Form One filing should do so as soon as possible. As we’ve previously written, broadcasters were required to...

Broadcasters carefully reviewing the FCC’s EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) website in anticipation of the forthcoming February 28th Form One filing deadline might notice an interesting change near the bottom...

In a recent Notice of Apparent Liability, the FCC has proposed to impose a fine of $504,000 against the Fox Network (the “Network”) after the Commission determined that it violated...

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (“PSHSB”) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) is now open to receive broadcasters’ required EAS Form One Filings.  As...

Last week, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (“PSHSB”) notified many EAS participants (including many broadcasters) of two security vulnerabilities in DASDEC EAS encoder/decoder devices.  The vulnerabilities were...

The FCC recently released a Report and Order (the “Order”) adopting a number of changes to the way participants in the Emergency Alert System (“Participants”) will disseminate emergency alert messages...