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 ...

American Public Media is paying $86,400 after a BBC program accidentally aired Emergency Alert System tones across 550 ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public input as it takes a fresh look at the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), two critical tools for ...

The American Public Media Group will be making a contribution to the Dept. of Treasury due to EAS tones aired during a 2023 BBC program on tornado chasing.

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) reminds analog and digital television broadcast stations, analog and digital cable ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has teamed up with 18 other attorneys general to push the Federal Communications Commission to implement a rule on emergency alerts ...

At its August Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reexamine the Emergency Alert System. Now the NAB is making its voice heard, warning that modernization must preserve ...

FCC warns a string of hackers have hijacked U.S. radio transmission equipment to broadcast fake emergency notices and lewd language.

Wireless service providers will be able to send emergency text messages to cell phones during disasters through a new alert system set to launch in the District by the spring of next year. The ...

Hackers have infiltrated US radio stations, broadcasting fake emergency alerts and obscene content by exploiting vulnerabilities in Swiss-made Barix equipment. The FCC has issued an urgent warning, ...