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 ...

FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System office is planning a non-technical Webinar for station managers, owners, state emergency officials and others about its next regional EAS test. FEMA ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from previous, related coverage that was first reported on KXAN on August 26, 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29 ...

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Don't be caught off guard Wednesday if you get an emergency alert on your television, radio or cell phone. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with ...

Jan. 10 will be a day the EAS crowd remembers. That’s when the FCC released its fifth report and order on EAS and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The 130-page R&O addresses many of the ongoing ...