The United States Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Communications Commission announced their joint plan to conduct a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System (EAS) and its Wireless ...

Every phone and television in the U.S. will be getting an alarm at the same time on Oct. 4 during a test of two of the country’s emergency alert systems. The emergency messages will be sent through ...

The NAB is pressing the FCC to modernize the EAS responsibly, warning that radio and TV must remain the trusted “first ...

(WHTM) – Anyone with a cellphone in the United States will hear an alarm go off on their device on October 4. The message on all consumer phones will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless ...

ATLANTA — Come Oct. 4, there’s no need to be alarmed. Next Wednesday is a scheduled test of the U.S.’ Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The two alert systems will undergo a test to ...

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