The American Public Media Group will be making a contribution to the Dept. of Treasury due to EAS tones aired during a 2023 BBC program on tornado chasing.

American Public Media is paying $86,400 after a BBC program accidentally aired Emergency Alert System tones across 550 ...

Come Thursday (9/20), unless delayed by a real emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FCC are on track to conduct a combined nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON—Over the years, the FCC has warned broadcasters not to air the real EAS tones for any ...

Agency flags hijacks of insecure studio-to-transmitter gear after attackers pipe in fake alerts and vulgar audio Malicious intruders have hijacked US radio gear to turn emergency broadcast tones into ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MULTIPLE CITIES: NBC may have violated federal rules with story about today’s test of the ...

One of the nation’s largest owners of broadcast TV stations has entered into a Consent Decree with the FCC that resolves an investigation into the improper insertion of Emergency Alert System (EAS) ...

A collective $600,000 in civil penalties will be collected from the offenders, including AMC’s The Walking Dead and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Cabler AMC has agreed to pay $104,000 after The Walking ...

There’s word of another ad using what sounds like an EAS tone — this time a television spot. Engineers notified Radio World that a promo for the movie “Skyline,” which opens on Friday contained what ...

“This is a test of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. The FCC just heard unauthorized EAS tones on your station. If this was not a real emergency, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau will be contacting you ...