The first ever national test of EAS will occur at 2 PM EST on November 9, 2011. As we wrote in February, the FCC amended its rules to provide for a nationwide test, ...

The EAS test is set to last about 60 seconds. During this time, supported devices will transmit a voice message: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, ...

Don't be alarmed, but on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m., every cell phone in Bartlesville will chime in unison during a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). In collaboration with the ...

A rare nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 4, at around 2:20 p.m. Search Query Show Search. ... (EAS) test on radio and television.

In June, FEMA and the FCC announced that the first-ever nationwide EAS test will occur Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. EST. The EAS is a network of radio, television, cable and satellite providers ...

You may receive a test emergency alert from the government around 1:20 p.m. CT Wednesday. It will have a special, jarring tone, that some describe as loud, that will be repeated twice and a vibration.

The test will begin at 2:20 p.m. ET and last approximately 30 minutes. A nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test will be conducted Wednesday and radios, televisions and certain cellphones ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — For the first time ever, every American watching TV and listening to the radio anywhere in the U.S. saw or heard a test for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) — or at least ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will be holding a nationwide emergency alert test this afternoon. Test messages will be sent to ...

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of ...