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 ...

The hit CBS sitcom “Young Sheldon” is in hot water with the FCC over its use of sound effects evoking the Emergency Alert System tone during an episode that aired last April, and the agency is now ...

The Federal Communications Commission has fined ABC as well as a handful of cable networks and radio stations a collective total of more than $600,000 for falsely using emergency alert tones on the ...

A program that aired on more than 500 U.S. noncommercial radio stations in 2023 contained Emergency Alert System tones in the absence of a real emergency, according to the FCC. American Public Media ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. The FCC is fining yet another broadcaster for playing the Emergency Alert System ...

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Oct. 4, around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time, cell phones, TVs and radios across the country will blare an alert as part of a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. While ...