Last week the FCC unanimously adopted a new member to the Emergency Alert Systems (EAS) family: the “Blue Alert.” Transmitted through the broadcast EAS and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) systems, the Blue Alert is a voluntary alert code that can be used by state and local authorities to alert the public of credible “threats to … Continue Reading
Some testing and record-keeping requirements adopted by the FCC back in 2008 for Commercial Mobile Alert System participants have now become effective.… Continue Reading