Bulletin Categories: EAS

As we have previously advised, the FCC and FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) have scheduled a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) for Wednesday, September 28.  (The test...

On August 19, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing the issuance of a new EAS Handbook for all broadcast stations.  Prior to the August 19 announcement and release, stations...

As we have previously advised (please see memoranda dated July 18 and August 17), the new electronic EAS Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) has been launched.  ETRS is the filing system...

On August 19, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing the issuance of a new EAS Handbook for all broadcast stations.  Prior to today’s announcement and release, stations have been...

The FCC has revised its Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) rules to add three new event codes—Extreme Wind Warning (EWW); Storm Surge Watch (SSA); and Storm Surge Warning (SSW)—to the list...

Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) participants—including all broadcast stations—must, by  July 30, 2016, have EAS equipment capable of processing the new national location code comprised of six zeroes (000000).  In many...

As promised by the FCC back in April, the new Electronic Test Reporting System (“ETRS”) has been launched.  ETRS is the filing system through which all broadcast stations (and other...

As we have previously advised, the FCC and FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) have scheduled a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) for Wednesday, September 28, 2016.  (The...

  The FCC’s Audible Crawl Rule requires television stations who provide emergency information to viewers through visual-only means during non-newscast programming (for example, through an on-screen crawl) to video describe...

Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) participants must always be prepared, and they will need to be ready to meet an approaching deadline:  July 30, is the compliance deadline for the implementation...