FEMA FEMA Lifts Its Hold on Warning System Grants CPB resumes issuing infrastructure grants to public radio and TV entities CPB Selects Four Public Broadcasters For Next Generation Warning System Grants The stations from Alaska, Indiana and Missouri will use the funds to upgrade alerting infrastructure NVISA and ATSC Deploy ATSC 3.0 Warning System at FEMA Facility The deployment at the FEMA IPAWS Technical Support Service Facility will provide IPAWS with hands-on testing and simulation capabilities for enhanced emergency alerting Latest about FEMA Aug. 11 Is the Next National EAS Test By Paul McLane published 5 May 21 A dozen PEP stations had technical issues in the 2019 test Regulatory and Standards FEMA Makes Archive of IPAWS Alerts Available By Paul McLane published 26 June 20 Provides a reference of historical CAP alert data, though it's not for real-time monitoring No National IPAWS Test in 2020, Per FEMA By Michael Balderston published 22 June 20 Next national test will take place in 2021 FEMA Effort Provides Masks to Broadcasters By Paul McLane published 24 April 20 State associations are the conduit; NAB is helping coordinate IPAWS Guidelines for Coronavirus Shared by FEMA By Michael Balderston published 18 March 20 Insights into when, how emergency alerts can be sent out through IPAWS Next Nationwide Emergency Test Set for August 2019 By Susan Ashworth published 29 May 19 Alert set for Aug. 7 at 2:20 p.m. ET. FEMA to Test ATSC 3.0 Alerting Technology By Deborah D McAdams published 20 October 15 The federal agency in charge of managing national emergencies will conduct tests on the advanced alerting capabilities of ATSC 3.0, the new broadcast transmission standard now under development. NextGen TV How It Looked at FEMA: A Successful National Test By Paul McLane published 28 September 16 EAS Revision Update By Gary Timm for Radio World published 28 March 16 Stations Must Act Ahead of EAS Deadline By Susan Ashworth published 5 February 16 Up next on Feb 24, 2:20 p.m. EST: A regional test that will cover a wide swath of the East Coast and parts of the Midwest and Gulf Coast. Regulatory and Standards 1 2 3 4 Archives Get the TV Tech NewsletterThe professional video industry's #1 source for news, trends and product and tech information. Sign up below.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Sponsored: How Carbonite Switchers Help You Keep Up With the Demands of a Modern News Studio2IBC2025 Announces Innovation Awards Finalists 3Moments Lab to Unveil Video Discovery Agent at IBC20254Swerve TV Launches Swerve Sports on Roku, Pluto TV5Shotoku to Feature Latest Robotic Control Enhancements at IBC 2025
Aug. 11 Is the Next National EAS Test By Paul McLane published 5 May 21 A dozen PEP stations had technical issues in the 2019 test
FEMA Makes Archive of IPAWS Alerts Available By Paul McLane published 26 June 20 Provides a reference of historical CAP alert data, though it's not for real-time monitoring
No National IPAWS Test in 2020, Per FEMA By Michael Balderston published 22 June 20 Next national test will take place in 2021
FEMA Effort Provides Masks to Broadcasters By Paul McLane published 24 April 20 State associations are the conduit; NAB is helping coordinate
IPAWS Guidelines for Coronavirus Shared by FEMA By Michael Balderston published 18 March 20 Insights into when, how emergency alerts can be sent out through IPAWS
Next Nationwide Emergency Test Set for August 2019 By Susan Ashworth published 29 May 19 Alert set for Aug. 7 at 2:20 p.m. ET.
FEMA to Test ATSC 3.0 Alerting Technology By Deborah D McAdams published 20 October 15 The federal agency in charge of managing national emergencies will conduct tests on the advanced alerting capabilities of ATSC 3.0, the new broadcast transmission standard now under development.
Stations Must Act Ahead of EAS Deadline By Susan Ashworth published 5 February 16 Up next on Feb 24, 2:20 p.m. EST: A regional test that will cover a wide swath of the East Coast and parts of the Midwest and Gulf Coast.
