WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii News Now has received numerous inquiries from Spectrum viewers about ongoing Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerts. Viewers are seeing red alert banners with intervals ...

The Federal Communications Commission is planning a review of the US emergency alert systems. Both the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WAS) will be subject to a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Chairman of the FCC has shared a preview of what’s on the agenda for the agency’s August Open Meeting, and it includes a review of the Emergency Alert System. This suggests the ...

At its August Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reexamine the Emergency Alert System. Now the NAB is making its voice heard, warning that modernization must preserve ...

On Wednesday afternoon, the emergency alert system (EAS) in Minnesota issued a “Civil Authority” alert to local media. The alert included residents in eight counties in the state. According to ...