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  2. Here's how to block the emergency alert test. Hint: It's not ...

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    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. Here's how to block the emergency alert test.

  3. Nationwide emergency test alert set for Wednesday - AOL

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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 ...

  4. Be prepared: An emergency alert test will hit your cellphone ...

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    Get ready to hear an emergency alert test go off on your smartphone at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4 — but don't panic. Millions of us will hear the same test going off on all of our phones ...

  5. National Emergency Message - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Emergency Alert System - Wikipedia

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    The National Public Warning System, also known as the Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations, is a network of 77 radio stations that are, in coordination with FEMA, used to originate emergency alert and warning information to the public before, during, and after incidents and disasters.

  7. Conspiracy theorists fear Emergency Alert System test will ...

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    What Mr Beck failed to mention is that federal law mandates the EAS must be tested once every three years. The last test was on 11 August, 2021, so the test seems unlikely to be a novel event that ...

  8. 2005 Connecticut false evacuation alert - Wikipedia

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    At 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, a state-level activation of the EAS occurred in Connecticut. [3] A scheduled, unannounced test of the system had been planned for that day. However, the system instead informed television and radio stations that an evacuation of the state was underway.

  9. Nationwide emergency alert system test to occur on Wednesday

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    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 ...