EAS

Recent FCC order allows originators to conduct local tests twice a year, sets false alert rules

Webinar will focus on changes that are in store for EAS and WEA

NAB applauds proposed efforts to improve accuracy and reliability of alerts

EAS participants have until Aug. 27 to file their 2018 Form One in the EAS Test Reporting System

Commission to propose more changes at its July 12 Open Meeting

The Missouri State Highway Patrol told the FCC the purpose is to ensure public confidence in emergency notifications

Commission to address EAS, C Band, Enforcement

The current certificate will expire on June 24

Agencies need improved tools to take protective action, says San Diego’s emergency services director

Coding within a vendor’s weather processing server failed to recognize the tsunami warning as a test, says Alaska rep

Recent national talks on emergencies may prompt action

Overall goal of the June 18 test is to ensure that the WEA and EAS systems will work during an emergency

Truncated version of a tsunami test message was erroneously broadcast over EAS

While more LPFM stations received and retransmitted the test message, total participation numbers remain low

Deadline to submit information is May 4

Improvements reported in several areas, though technical issues remain

Web-based EAS network and hardware manager debuts

Now there’s more information behind the story than someone “pushed a wrong button”

Ham flexibility allows for quick response to error

EAS equipment manufacturers get moving

Rules are designed to improve geographic targeting of alerts

Former FEMA chief Craig Fugate praises broadcasters

Industry group presses FCC to set guidelines that members can then work with

FCC said human error and ‘insufficient safeguards’ led to false alert, as individual who sent alert refuses to cooperate with investigation