WASHINGTON—The numbers are in from the September 2017 National EAS Test, and they reveal a falloff in performance by television broadcasters when compared to the previous year. A report issued last ...

At KPTM, the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned Fox affiliate in Omaha, Neb., the national EAS test went well, says broadcast engineer Jim Skinner. “I would say we passed the test,” says Skinner, who also ...

The current Emergency Alert System includes over-the-air AM and FM radio, broadcast and cable TV, as well as satellite radio and television. As Tuesday's problems are resolved, the federal ...

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 ...

Local authorities have no reports to fill out for the 2016 test, but the EAS “participants” (broadcasters, cable companies, etc.) are required to fill out reports in short order.

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 ...

National EAS Test Considered a Success Despite Issues. Federal officials and EAS participants are hoping that local emergency managers will become more engaged in alerting initiatives.

The first ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will take place on November 9, 2011 at approximately 2 p.m.

Chief engineerLowell Kiesow, chief engineer of KNKX(FM) in Tacoma, Wash., and chair of the technical committee of the Washington SECC, said the test went well for many. Twenty-four hours after the ...

The data was collected from filings by EAS test participants to the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) and prepared by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). The EAS test, ...