FCC Adopts Changes To EAS Rules For Broadcasters [telecom]

By Keenan P. Adamchak , Daniel Kirkpatrick and Davina Sashkin

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order (Order) approving several changes to its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Through the new rules, the FCC seeks to make EAS alert messages disseminated to the public by broadcasters and cable operators more informative and easier to understand. In particular, the new EAS requirements seek to ensure that people who are deaf or hard of hearing will have access to televised alerts in a viewable format similar to the audio versions of the same alert messages, and those who are blind or visually impaired will have access - via their radios - to more detailed aural national alerts. This article summarizes the FCC's changes to the EAS rules impacting broadcasters.

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