Participants in the Emergency Alert System must have their EAS equipment capable of receiving and processing Common Alerting Protocol formatted alerts installed and working by month's end.

New deadline for all EAS participants to implement new CAP-EAS technology is Sept. 30, 2011.

The FCC this week adopted an order that requires EAS participants to accept messages using Common Alerting Protocol after FEMA adopts standards.

New end date is Sept. 30, 2011

NASB-NAB EAS Committee discusses EAS-CAP intermediary devices, gear certification.

The changes codify the obligation of EAS participants to process alert messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).

Players seek more time to implement new emergency comms equipment