Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate ...

Don’t panic. It’s only a test. A nationwide test, that is. At about 2:20 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, every cellphone, television set and radio in the country will emit the familiar beeping noise associated ...

Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new facility on Oahu is already relaying information to help recovery efforts in Guam, even though Hawaii is almost 4,000 miles away. The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave ...

Public radio station executive Judy Diaz fears that an arid landscape for local news on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is about to become even more parched. In the next month, the U.S. Senate will decide ...

There was an incorrect emergency message broadcast on the emergency broadcast system on Wednesday. The first Wednesday of each month, St. Louis County tests it’s emergency broadcast system ...

A Sept. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of a man urging people to turn off their cellphones during an upcoming test of the emergency broadcast system. “This test will be ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah National Guard has warned state residents that it will conduct a test of its Emergency Radio Broadcast Recall System on Sunday night. The test, slated for 8 p.m. on ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Futuri, the leader in AI-powered broadcast technology, announces the appointment of Marc Jaromin as Director of Public Safety Platforms. In this pivotal role, Jaromin ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Tropical Storm Erin churns across the Atlantic, there is now another source for emergency information around the clock – on the radio and on the internet. But it’s not just weather ...