The FCC’s desire to make alerts issued over EAS available in more languages is raising some technical concerns about the capabilities of the current technical architecture in EAS devices. At its ...

In October, the FCC conducted a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. Now, the Commission’s report on the test has great news for radio – especially as broadcasters cite the EAS as the key ...

The FCC is taking steps to improve emergency alerting in the United States just as Hurricane Ian races across Florida and is poised to bring potentially flooding rains to Georgia and South Carolina.

This is a technology solution for audio and text emergency alerts to all devices with an FM receiver – including those that are mobile. Global Security Systems (GSS), manufacturer of the ALERT FM ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight months and four weeks ago, the FCC conducted a nationwide emergency alert test, with radio and TV stations sending alerts via the Emergency Alert System and mobile phones ...

This is a test. This is only a test. But it's going to be one very big test. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the ...

On the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 4, your cellphone, TV and radio will all sound alarms. While it may give a jolt of surprise, there is no reason to worry. It is just a test. Two tests, actually.

Be alert but not alarmed if your cellphones, radios and TVs start making loud noises on Oct. 4 as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission will be conducting ...

A Senate committee chairman suggested last week that the country should return to broadcasting Cold War-era radio emergency alerts as part of a new national alert system. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ...

Brace yourselves: your cell phone will play another sudden, loud alarm at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national test of its alert system through all ...