Americans around the country will see their phones light up Wednesday, at about 2:20 p.m. ET, as part of a nationwide test of emergency alert systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

The two major relevant EAS technology suppliers are recommending divergent approaches to allowing software-based EAS.

HeartMedia and New York Public Radio back the EAS software-based model while NPR cautions against scope creep.

WASHINGTON—The NAB is requesting the Federal Communications Commission make changes to Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules that would allow but not require EAS participants to use software-based EAS ...

Broadcasters are embracing the FCC’s push to bring EAS into the software era, but they don’t want modernization to become ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wireless Emergency Alerts system was tested Wednesday. (Screenshot via Yahoo News) Today electronic devices nationwide, ...

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When cell networks went dark for weeks during recent disasters, radio stations kept broadcasting emergency alerts throughout. That track record now anchors the NAB's response to portions of a major ...

FEMA and the FCC will be holding a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on October 4, with test messages sent to all iPhones, TVs, and radios. The ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—SOS Technologies, a provider of life safety and emergency communication solutions, has announced that New York City has partnered with SOS to deploy its new Emergency Alert ...