FEMA and broadcasters

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 30, 2022 to August 5, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-08-07T08:38:45-05:00August 7th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC released public notices, available here and here, alerting broadcasters and... Continue Reading…

FCC Issues Guidance for Expiring Digital Certificates for EAS Alerts Transmitted Through Internet-Based System – No Impact on Over-the-Air Broadcast Alerts

By David Oxenford|2019-11-07T10:01:13-06:00November 7th, 2019|Legal News|

Several years ago, the FCC mandated that broadcasters utilize not only the traditional over-the-air “daisy-chain” broadcast EAS alerting system where emergency alerts are passed from one station to another but also utilize an Internet-based Common Alerting Protocol (“CAP”) system where warnings can be sent directly to stations (see, for example, our articles here and here).... Continue Reading…