U.S. broadcaster representatives, FCC officials and technology manufacturers continue to discuss how the EAS system could be transitioned to a software-based infrastructure. As we’ve reported, the ...

There has been a lot of criticism over the last few years concerning the Emergency Alert System. I don’t pay much attention to comments on social media, most of which are misguided. But I have seen ...

The NAB and vendor Digital Alert Systems are going head-to-head over broadcasters’ push to launch a formal FCC rulemaking that would allow stations to adopt software-based Emergency Alert System ...

The group pressed Carr’s team to advance NAB’s March 2025 Petition for Rulemaking, which calls for broadcasters to have the voluntary option to use secure, software-based alternatives to the ...

If the FCC is going to allow radio broadcasters to adopt software-based EAS infrastructure, it should weigh the challenges of virtualization and consider how potential solutions might work together to ...

One day before FCC Chairman Brendan Carr unveiled his “Build America” Agenda, the NAB and a coalition of major radio stakeholders met with his office to continue their campaign for the use of software ...

The cable industry has told the Federal Communications Commission it supports the National Association of Broadcasters’ proposal to allow broadcasters to use software-based Emergency Alert Systems.