FCC adopts improvements to lifesaving Wireless Emergency Alerts system Emergency alerts will have to be sent in more than a dozen languages and include maps to show the location of the threat.

The READI Act also requires the FCC to encourage states to create their own State Emergency Communications Comittee and to work with these committees on their State Emergency Alerting plan. The FCC is ...

The FCC is upgrading the Wireless Emergency Alert system to make sure critical warnings reach everyone quickly and reliably. New updates include support for 13 languages, including ASL, better ...

The FCC said in an October Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that the proposed changes aim to strengthen the cybersecurity and reliability of the EAS. The rules would require EAS participants to report to ...

ESPN improperly used Emergency Alert System tones to draw attention to pending NBA broadcasts in 2023 and should be fined $146,976, the Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday.

The FCC recently asked EAS stakeholders to brainstorm what the future of emergency alerting in the United States might look like and how to plan a path forward. The feedback collected covers a lot of ...

The FCC’s discussion is scheduled for 10:30 am EST on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Commission Meeting Room of the FCC, 45 L Street N.E., Washington, D.C.

As described in earlier RF Reports, many stations planning a return to their VHF channels found that the antenna patterns in the Final Table of Allotments didn’t match their current analog antennas, ...

In the wake of January's false nuclear missile warning in Hawaii, the FCC is looking to improve the reliability of its Emergency Alert system. Now authorized state and local officials can conduct ...

The FCC’s warning comes after FEMA delivered an advisory earlier this month about a potential vulnerability in some EAS encoder/decoder devices that did not have up-to-date software.