Jan. 10 will be a day the EAS crowd remembers. That’s when the FCC released its fifth report and order on EAS and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The 130-page R&O addresses many of the ongoing ...

Many broadcasters support NAB’s petition to allow software-based EAS systems, based on the filed comments. The NAB wants the FCC to allow broadcasters to choose whether to continue to use EAS hardware ...

Although the CTA all but dismissed broadcast alerts as obsolete, it did admit that because the current EAS model is built on broadcast-based architecture, adding new rules would cause technical ...

Another reason you may not have gotten the alert was that your phone was off at the time, on airplane mode or not within the range of an active cell tower at the time. According to FEMA, the national ...

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of a ...

But what if you didn't get that test on your cellphone? According to FEMA, there are a number of reasons why you may not have received the national test. Another reason you may not have gotten the ...