The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced a sweeping review of the Emergency Alert System as part of his “Build America Agenda,” signaling potentially the most significant changes to US emergency ...

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The borough is in the middle of deciding between two vendors for its next emergency alert notification system. The choices ...

The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. Both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WAS) will be subject to a ...

The FCC has proposed rules providing for an annual test of the national alert capability of the broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS). Under the proposed rules, all EAS participants will have to tell ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—SOS Technologies, a provider of life safety and emergency communication solutions, has announced that New York City has partnered with SOS to deploy its new Emergency Alert ...

This story continues our coverage of industry debate over NAB’s petition asking the FCC to allow stations to use software-based EAS encoding and decoding, a debate that took a more strident and ...

An FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released in August, launched a “ground up” review of the Emergency Alert System. In its final reply comments, the NAB’s response focuses on one central message: ...

When disaster strikes in Cumberland County, residents can get a text or call about it.

When you get an emergency alert on your phone, those are sent by county emergency management agencies. The issue in Alabama is that not every county has one of those alert systems. “It’s about getting ...