Last month the Commission took another major step in its effort to drag the Emergency Alert System (EAS) into the digital era. With the June 30, 2012 deadline for CAP-compliance fast approaching, the Commission's action came none too soon.… Continue Reading
With Christmas weekend almost upon us, let's not lose sight of the fact that Form 3 reports from the nationwide EAS test conducted in early November are due to be filed by December 27.… Continue Reading
The on-line system devised by the Commission for reporting the results of the Nationwide EAS Test -- that would be the Test currently scheduled for next week -- is apparently still a work in progress.… Continue Reading
The FCC's Nationwide EAS Test on-line reporting system, unveiled a mere two weeks before the Big Event, has raised some questions among engineers who have tried to use it. Good thing that there's an old-fashioned, non-electronic option for filing those reports.… Continue Reading
Just released by the FCC - the new EAS Handbook that MUST be deployed by each EAS participant in connection with the November 9 Nationwide Test. Plus, the Nationwide Test reporting forms have finally been activated at the FCC's website.… Continue Reading
With the first ever nationwide EAS test fast approaching, the FCC has yet to unveil the electronic reporting format it promised last February - but that doesn't stop US from providing our readers a look-see.… Continue Reading
On the EAS front: the Commission has issued another notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at advancing the transition to a CAP-based emergency alert system. Newly-announced comment deadlines are coming up fast. Good news: the notice suggests that the FCC is open to possible extension of the CAP implementation deadline, currently set for September 30.… Continue Reading
With Thanksgiving less than 36 hours away, the Commission has given us all something to be thankful for -- by extending, until September 30, 2011, the deadline for all EAS participants to implement the Common Alerting Protocol reception requirement.… Continue Reading
With FEMA's adoption of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standards, all EAS participants now have 180 days to prepare themselves to accept CAP-based EAS alerts. But hold on a minute -- the FCC still hasn't amended its own rules to provide for CAP-based emergency messaging.… Continue Reading
With two hurricanes already formed and a third threatening, it's a good time to remind broadcasters of the FCC's Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).… Continue Reading
In anticipation of an impending overhaul of the Emergency Alert System to accommodate the Common Alerting Protocol standard, the Commission has invited comments on possible changes to any or all of Part 11 of the Rules.… Continue Reading
An FCC reminder about important emergency contact information With the Fourth of July fading into the past and Labor Day looming ominously just beyond the horizon, hurricane season is upon us. Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Chief of the Commission’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, has asked us to pass along to our clients and readers some … Continue Reading