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

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. – July 13, 2011 – Digital Alert Systems, a division of Monroe Electronics and a leading innovator of next-generation Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and Emergency Alert Systems (EAS), ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Emergency Alert System encoders will likely be sending the wrong time starting Sunday, March 11 ...

LYNDONVILLE, N.Y. — May 16, 2012 — Digital Alert Systems and Monroe Electronics today announced that they have logged an industry milestone by receiving the first FCC approval for certified ...

The following article is from TV Tech sister brand Radio World: A new optional approach to internal EAS operations is being advocated by the National Association of Broadcasters as a way to help ...

EAS participants should be permitted to use intermediary devices which would allow broadcasters to economically meet the CAP1.2 requirement. … CAP converters should be classified as “stand-alone ...

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 ...

There, I’ve said it. By regularly conducting live testing of a one-way, non-authenticated messaging system we have managed to desensitize the public to the warnings while simultaneously exposing them ...

“This is a test of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. The FCC just heard unauthorized EAS tones on your station. If this was not a real emergency, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau will be contacting you ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to approve a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks to enhance the cybersecurity ...

Both agencies warned that software and equipment vulnerabilities could allow hackers to transmit fake emergency messages or disrupt real ones. FCC Cyber Threats Emergency Response Homeland Security ...