FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a test of the Emergency Alert System on August 7. The test will come at precisely 2:20pm Eastern. But, a backup date is in place, in the event of a ...

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is reminding Emergency Alert System (EAS) participants of the requirement to ...

This article has been updated to reflect that the president himself will not voice the test. Also see related story “FCC Tweaks Rules to Allow National EAS Test.” WASHINGTON — Someday soon, probably ...

A test date for the next national EAS test will be announced soon. TV Tech sister brand Radio World has confirmed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct the next national test of ...

The Federal Communications Commission has an Emergency Alert System test planned for tomorrow afternoon. The test will be national. The upcoming test is planned in coordination with the Federal ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Emergency alerting officials in Minnesota will get a half-hour shot at simultaneously testing ...

(CNN) -- "This is a test. This is only a test." When millions of Americans hear that warning at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, the words will sound familiar, but the occasion will be historic. It will mark the ...

FEMA and the FCC are conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday. The EAS portion of the test, which will be sent to radio and television, ...

Emergency alerting officials in Minnesota will get a half-hour shot at simultaneously testing their local emergency alert and wireless alert systems this June. The Department of Public Safety within ...