The publication of the FCC’s proposed NPRM opens the comment period for ways to improve the EAS. Of course, ideas range from turning it into a software app to killing it off completely. Yet, no matter where you start, there are issues, some having been shown to create problems over the years, as […]

Everyone has to deal with the EAS requirements from the FCC. After almost 30 years, including 13 years since promising a Part 11 rewrite, the Commission appears ready to do something. Ed Czarnecki summarizes the FCC’s plans for the NPRM. The Federal Communications Commission has launched a rulemaking to modernize the nation’s alert […]

The FCC has announced they will be voting on an NPRM for the Emergency Alert System in early August. The recent debate on Software EAS has now blossomed to a discussion of the many ways in which it can be improved and augmented. Ed Czarnecki has read the entire NPRM, and offers some […]

Getting emergency information to a community is an important function of broadcasters. But today we know there are many possible ways to disseminate the information, including streams, cell phones, etc. Can broadcasters leverage their EAS systems to serve the community more effectively. In his recent article Software EAS: Unanswered Questions and Unwise Haste, […]

Just as we are seeing an increase in weather, fire, and other emergencies a discussion has grown over the very mechanism of EAS itself: should we convert to “Software EAS?” Are we ready to move past the EAS receivers that have been in every radio and TV station for almost three decades? Richard […]

From the fires on Maui to the hurricane flooding in the southeast, the past month has had more than its share of emergencies, highlighting the sometimes-good, sometimes-not-so-good relationship between broadcasters and emergency managers. Despite a few cases where the two cultures have been able to work together, some have called the general relationship […]

We all get – and we run – EAS tests each week. And most years recently we have had the National Periodic Test (NPT) in one format or another. But how certain are you that major alerts will get to all the stations in your state? Alabama’s SECC has taken on the challenge […]

After a year’s absence, the National Periodic Test (NPT) of the EAS returns this Summer. Just to ensure you are ready, Dave Kline addresses a couple of key points. What time of the year do most of us dread? That time where you do not know what people want, is a big headache, […]

Statistics are pointing this to be like a bad flu season, with many wondering what the political (and economic) fallout is going to be in the end. Meanwhile, we are pretty much still “sheltering in place.” These are sure interesting times! This historic global coronavirus pandemic is dramatically impacting how many of us […]

A number of emergencies in the past year or two have highlighted the state of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and its effectiveness in warning the general public. Richard Rudman takes the long view of where things are in terms of public warning, and what is still needed to be done. In 2014, […]