When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON—Over the years, the FCC has warned broadcasters not to air the real EAS tones for any ...

Radio World’s Masked Engineer Is Fed Up With the Failings of the Emergency Alert System The Emergency Alert System. That morphed version of Conelrad and EBS held over from the Cold War we love to hate ...

It’s illegal to air the codes or attention signal of an EAS alert in a news story or for other purposes. DJs from WIZM(FM) in La Crosse, Wis. — the LP1 for the market — aired the fake EAS “zombie” ...