When the Federal Emergency Management Agency triggers a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time on Nov. 17, broadcasters should be ready. That means being able to ...

On November 17, 2026, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of ...

The nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System in October produced much better percentages for both receipt and retransmission than a test in 2021, according to the FCC. But issues still remain.

Monroe Electronics and its Digital Alert Systems subsidiary are offering guidance for Monroe One-Net and Digital Alert Systems' DASDEC users on the upcoming national periodic test of the Emergency ...

The NAB said the upcoming emergency test is meant to gauge how encrypted TV stations deliver those alerts to viewers.— This ...

Three years have now passed since the last coast-to-coast test of the Emergency Alert System. FEMA and the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau are gearing up to run it again, with every ...

Digital Alert Systems, which offers emergency communications solutions for media providers, announced guidance ahead of the next National Periodic Test (NPT) of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), ...