Bulletin Categories: EAS

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...

By Public Notice (the “Notice”) issued this afternoon, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (“PSHSB”) has set a February 28, 2023 deadline for broadcasters to make their annual...

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 Commission continues to adopt and propose new rules regarding the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”), generally focused on improving the existing system and ensuring its operational readiness. The latest FCC...

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...

According to a recent advisory (the “Advisory”) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”), a vulnerability in EAS encoder/decoder devices (“ENDECS”) has been exposed.  The Advisory warns that if...