Both the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts will be subject to a "re-examination" by the agency.

The Federal Communications Commission voted at its August 7 open meeting to conduct a comprehensive ... Read More ...

WASHINGTON —As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has embarked on a major effort to reexamine the national alert ...

On August 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to reexamine the ...

Emergency alert reform, DIRS modernization, and broadcast rule repeal were front and center at the FCC August Open Meeting.

The FCC noted the requirement for all stations to file the EAS Test Reporting System Form One by Oct. 3., but there will be ...

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test ...

In this edition of Consumer Catch-Up, the FCC and FEMA will be testing the emergency alert system this Wednesday, finances seen as one of the most taboo topics of conversation, and Google outlines ...

FCC Embarks on Major Reexamination of Emergency Alert Systems Carr did stress that the FCC would be voting in July to “eliminate 98 obsolete broadcast rules and requirements—totaling 5,117 words and a ...

The FCC’s DIRS modernization joins a sweeping EAS review under Chairman Carr’s Build America Agenda, aiming to streamline ...

The FCC will now seek public comment on the proposal before moving forward with a final vote to create the new alert code within the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Integrated Public Alert ...