WASHINGTON—The NAB is requesting the Federal Communications Commission make changes to Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules that would allow but not require EAS participants to use software-based EAS ...

Key participants in alerting technology circles continue to discuss the proposed changes for EAS alerting, as put forth by the National Association of Broadcasters. As we have reported, the NAB has ...

WASHINGTON—The Society of Broadcast Engineers has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission that support a proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters to allow software-based ...

The NAB continues to push a software-based solution for Emergency Alert System equipment, allowing broadcasters to replace physical encoder/decoder hardware with digital options. The suggestions build ...

Five FCC staff members, including the chief engineer of the Media Bureau, visited the offices of WTOP(FM) outside of Washington last week. They were guests of the National Association of Broadcasters, ...