DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—SOS Technologies, a provider of life safety and emergency communication solutions, has announced that New York City has partnered with SOS to deploy its new Emergency Alert ...

The Emergency Alert System “has not reached its maximum usefulness thanks to the evolution of modern technology.” Those are comments made by state broadcast associations in a recent joint filing with ...

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The National Association of Broadcasters says the FCC’s ongoing “ground-up” review of EAS should not dismiss the system’s strongest existing link: local broadcast stations. The commission’s notice of ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public input as it takes a fresh look at the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), two critical tools for ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.—SOS Technologies, a provider of life safety and emergency communication solutions, has announced that New York City has partnered with SOS to deploy its new Emergency Alert ...

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test Reporting System (ETRS) is open now through October 3 for EAS ...

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 ...

Will future Amber Alerts work the way they are supposed to in Minnesota? An issue with Verizon stopped smartphones across Minnesota from getting an emergency alert on Wednesday, when a newborn baby ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from previous, related coverage that was first reported on KXAN on August 26, 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29 ...