Bulletin Categories: EAS

Broadcasters have one more week, until September 23, 2019, to file the third and final report—called Form Three—associated with last month’s nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”). Form...

Citing multiple flawed filings and failures to follow Commission instructions, the Enforcement Bureau recently issued a Forfeiture Order (the “Order”) affirming a $25,000 penalty against a Pennsylvania church (the “Licensee”)...

While we’re on the subject of the EAS, we want to bring your attention to a recent Notice of Violation (the “Notice”) issued by the FCC that provides stations with...

Broadcasters have one more month, until September 23, 2019, to file the third and final report—called Form Three—associated with the August 7 nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”)....

On Thursday, August 15, 2019, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released four Orders adopting Consent Decrees to resolve investigations into alleged violations of the Commission’s rules prohibiting the misuse of EAS...

With the nationwide EAS test just days away, we also write to report on other recent EAS developments.  Specifically, we write to let you know that several EAS-related Commission rules...

We write to remind you that the FCC and FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) have scheduled a live, nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) to take place...

The FCC and FEMA today issued a Public Notice (the “Notice”) reminding broadcasters that the nationwide EAS test will take place in two weeks, on August 7, 2019, at 2:20...

With next month’s nationwide test of the Emergency Alerts System right around the corner (it’s set to take place on August 7 at 2:20 pm, ET), the FCC issued a...

DEADLINE WEDNESDAY! All Broadcast Stations Must File! This is a final reminder that all broadcasters have until July 3, 2019, to file Form One, the first of three reports that...