Bulletin Categories: EAS

Today, August 28, is the deadline for all broadcast stations to file their Form One report relating to the September 27 nationwide EAS test. As we reported previously, the FCC released...

The FCC has announced the next nationwide EAS test (September 27 at 2:20 p.m. ET), has established the deadline (August 28, 2017) for filing “Form One” via the ETRS filing...

As we have reported previously, August 28—which is less than two weeks away—is the deadline for all broadcast stations to file their Form One report relating to the September 27...

The FCC has announced the next nationwide EAS test (September 27 at 2:20 p.m. ET), has established the deadline (August 28, 2017) for filing “Form One” via the ETRS filing...

On July 14, FEMA sent correspondence to the FCC advising that it plans to conduct a nationwide EAS test on Wednesday, Sept. 27.  (FEMA has selected Oct. 4, as the...

Drawing on the success of AMBER Alerts distributed via EAS, the FCC today adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) to add a “Blue Alert” code to the Emergency Alert...

Another media company has been subjected to a significant financial penalty in connection with airing simulated EAS tones for a purpose other than a test or an actual EAS alert. ...

Drawing on the success of AMBER Alerts distributed via EAS, Chairman Pai has announced that the Commission will vote in June on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to add a...

June 1, 2017, marks the official start of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which means that it is also the date that NOAA/NWS will begin making use of the three...

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (the “Bureau”) has released its Report on the nationwide Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) test conducted on September 28, 2016, by the Federal...