State EAS Chair:
Mark Manuelian
WGBH
617 300-2026
EAS Rules
FEMA’s IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) page
National EAS Test
2022 National EAS Test information will be posted when/if a test is scheduled.
EAS Handbook (2021)
A new version of the EAS Handbook for 2021 has been released by the FCC. This new version must be posted in place of the prior version. The handbook “summarizes the actions to be taken by personnel at EAS Participant facilities upon receipt of an EAN, tests, or State and Local Area alerts. Questions about the EAS test can be directed to the FCC’s Christina Clearwater at christina.clearwater@fcc.gov.
Massachusetts Operational Areas
| MEMA
Op Area |
Geo Area | Primary Assignment | Secondary Assignment | Optional
Assignment |
Local Primary Monitors |
| OA-1 | Berkshire | WBEC-FM | WHYN-FM | NOAA (Albany) | WHYN-FM, Albany Station, NOAA(Albany) |
| OA-2
|
Connecticut Valley | WHYN-FM | WSRS-FM | NOAA | WSRS-FM, WBZ-AM, NOAA |
| OA-3 | Central Massachusetts | WSRS-FM | WBZ-AM or WBZ-FM | NOAA | WBZ-AM & WBZ-FM, NOAA |
| OA-4 | Merrimac Valley | WEEI-FM | WBZ-AM or WBZ-FM | NOAA | WBZ-AM & WBZ-FM, NOAA |
| OA-5
|
Metro Boston | WBZ-AM | WBZ-FM | NOAA | WBZ(AM or FM), NOAA |
| OA-6 | Southeast Massachusetts | WPLM-FM | WBZ-AM or WBZ-FM | NOAA | WBZ-AM AND WBZ-FM, NOAA |
| OA-7
|
Cape and Islands | WQRC-FM | WPLM-FM | NOAA | WPLM-FM, WBZ-AM or WBZ-FM, NOAA |
2022 WBZ-FM EAS Required Monthly Test Schedule:
RMT is generated by WBZ-FM 98.5mHz
