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The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities, a news release stated. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET. The WEA portion of the ...
FEMA and the FCC have scheduled a nationwide emergency alert test for cellphones, radios and TVs for Wednesday, October 4, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern time.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a nationwide emergency test will be conducted on devices Wednesday afternoon. It will be ...
In January 2010, the first live code testing of the EAS was conducted in Alaska. The first ever nationwide test of the system took place on November 9, 2011. In September 2010, FEMA announced IPAWS would be utilizing Open Platform for Emergency Networks (OPEN) to move standards-based alert and information messages between alert and warning systems.
On May 19, 2010, NOAA Weather Radio and CSEPP tone alert radios in the Hermiston, Oregon area, near the Umatilla Chemical Depot, were activated with an EAS alert shortly after 5 p.m. The message transmitted was for a severe thunderstorm warning , issued by the National Weather Service in Pendleton , but the transmission broadcast instead was a ...
Oct. 2—The federal government will conduct a nationwide Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Frederick County Division of ...
The broadcast triggered the EAS on some broadcasters and cable systems; the program's distributor iHeartMedia was fined $1 million by the FCC for the incident. [19] In 2016 or 2017, KUCO-LD in the Sacramento Valley area of California conducted an unauthorized test of the EAS. However, the message read in Spanish said that the activation was for ...
You can't opt out of the national emergency alert test, but you can avoid it. Here's how to silence the alert on your cellphone.