Latest about EAS
House Committee Proposes $40 Million to Fund Public Broadcasting’s Public Safety Infrastructure
APTS applauded the move by the Appropriations Committee to keep level funding for the Next Generation Warning System for FY 2026
Gomez Criticizes FCC Delay in Implementing Multilingual WEA
REGULATORY & STANDARDS ‘We cannot play politics with public safety,’ Democratic commissioner says
Digital Alert Systems Backs NAB Proposal to Speed Transition to NextGen TV
Its FCC filing supports an NAB proposal to withdraw multilingual EAS proposals but opposes software-based alerting
Cable Industry Backs Broadcasters’ Move to Software-Based EAS
REGULATORY & STANDARDS Proposal ‘presents the Commission with another opportunity to ensure that emergency alerting keeps pace with modern technology’
SBE Backs NAB Proposals to Change EAS Rules
In an FCC filing, engineering society supports NAB’s proposal for software-based alerting technologies
FEMA Lifts Its Hold on Warning System Grants
REGULATORY CPB resumes issuing infrastructure grants to public radio and TV entities
Abolishing Ownership Rules Tops NAB’s Long List of FCC Rules to Delete
Sunsetting ATSC 1.0, reducing paperwork, cutting rules relating to children’s programing, EEO and other areas, and updating EAS are among the many NAB proposals
NAB Urges FCC to Allow Software-Based EAS
The transition needs to be fast-tracked because of worries about legacy hardware suppliers, the NAB argued
