The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission are reminding broadcast media stations across the U.S. that a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will take ...

PHOENIX - Federal officials say a national test of a system that aims to provide members of the public with emergency warnings will take place in October. The purpose of the test is "to ensure that ...

The nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System last August showed improvement over the previous test in 2019, according to the Federal Communications Commission. “Receipt and retransmission rates ...

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) in the midday hours of Wednesday. The ...

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this summer. The national test ...

WASHINGTON—The results of the 2019 EAS test are in. The Federal Communications Commission released the results from the August 2019 nationwide EAS test, which demonstrated that the nation’s ...

UPDATE: As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the emergency alert had not been received. No update from FEMA has been provided. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both ...