All consumer cell phones and radio and TV stations will receive a test message on Wednesday at approximately 2:20 p.m. from the Emergency Alert System, or EAS, and Wireless Emergency Alert, WEA. The ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Emergency Alert System test hit my phone at 2:18 p.m., but it didn't hit my TV until 2:22 p.m. The FEMA information had a timeline of any time between 2:20 p.m. and 2:50 p.m.
At about 1:20 p.m. Central Time today, the U.S. government will send a test message to almost all cellphones, televisions and radios in the country. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working ...
There was an incorrect emergency message broadcast on the emergency broadcast system on Wednesday. The first Wednesday of each month, St. Louis County tests it’s emergency broadcast system ...
That’s how the phrase “This is only a test” sounded on two stations in Los Angeles last week. They used the Spanish-language version of FEMA’s National EAS test message. Spanish Broadcasting System’s ...
WASHINGTON—FEMA has announced details surrounding its planned national emergency alert test Wednesday, Oct. 4. Conducted in conjunction with the FCC, the national test will consist of two portions, ...
On Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. Eastern, 1:20 p.m. Central, 12:20 p.m. Mountain and 11:20 a.m. Pacific time, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring ...