SiriusXM has resumed sending weekly Emergency Alert System tests on its promotional “barker channel” after pausing them ...

FEMA is praising Wednesday’s national test of the Emergency Alert System, in partnership with the Federal Communications Commission. The test commenced at around 2:20p ET, sending alerts to radio and ...

The two webinars will have the same content. The national test itself takes place on Nov. 17. According to a post shared by ...

Broadcasters have expressed concern about EAS matters for years, but the concerns have been related to function and cost. We can’t think of any major industry outcry based on the belief that such a ...

Rear Admiral James Barnett, Jr., Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC, announced that the National Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test will take place 11/9 at 2pm ET. The announcement ...

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 ...

All consumer cell phones and radio and TV stations will receive a test message on Wednesday at approximately 2:20 p.m. from the Emergency Alert System, or EAS, and Wireless Emergency Alert, WEA. The ...