WASHINGTON — In the weeks since the national EAS test, the FCC and FEMA have continued to collect data about whether broadcasters received the test message and were able to retransmit it. Broadcasters ...

(WHTM) — The Emergency Alert System is used in many different events, such as weather warnings, public safety warnings, and the generic, yet somewhat annoying, required weekly test. But, did you know ...

Here’s a piece of advice to media producers – do NOT play emergency alert tones in any advertising that you do or else it is going to cost you big time. This is a lesson that ESPN has apparently yet ...

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a simple parable that teaches children the fatal risk of raising a false alarm. To do so is to risk one’s life when raising the alarm about a real emergency that may go duly ...

Yesterday, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against CBS for false EAS alerting, which is FCC-speak for “CBS, tell us why we shouldn’t fine you $272,000 for airing a fake ...