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Next National EAS test scheduled for Aug. 7

FCC News, Radio, Television | Thursday, May 23

In a filing to the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency notified the FCC that it has selected Wednesday, August 7 as the next date for a national EAS test.From the filing:In...

FCC holding annual DIRS excercise 5/29 – 5/30

FCC News, News/Events, Radio, Television | Tuesday, May 21

From the National Association of Broadcasters:On May 29-30, 2019, the FCC will hold an annual exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS is a voluntary and convenient way to inform the FCC,...

Important Reminder: Activate and/or Update Your Online Public Inspection File

Advisory, FCC News, Radio, Television | Monday, April 22

As of March 1, 2018, all radio and television stations were required to transition their public inspection file to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) online public file system. However, despite the year-old deadline,...

PIRATE Act introduced in 116th Congress

FCC News, Legislative News, News/Events, Radio | Wednesday, January 23

Congressmen Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced the PIRATE (Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act) into the 116th Congress late last week.The bill would give the FCC additional enforcement options to...

FCC announces informational webinar for broadcast incubator program

FCC News, News/Events, Radio | Monday, October 8

Released Oct. 5, 2018:By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces an upcoming webinar to provide information about the Commission’s recently implemented radio broadcast incubator program.The Commission’s novel incubator program is designed to support new...

National EAS/WEA tests postponed until Oct. 3

FCC News, News/Events, Radio, Television | Monday, September 17

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on October 3, 2018 . The WEA portion of the...

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Next National EAS test scheduled for Aug. 7

FCC holding annual DIRS excercise 5/29 – 5/30

Important Reminder: Activate and/or Update Your Online Public Inspection File

PIRATE Act introduced in 116th Congress

FCC announces informational webinar for broadcast incubator program

National EAS/WEA tests postponed until Oct. 3

FCC reminds stations not to air EAS attention signal

FCC to conduct DIRS exercise 9/13-9/14

ETRS Form 1 due today – ahead of 9/20 EAS test

FCC releases initial report on 2017 nationwide EAS test