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From Al Kenyon, Engineering, IPAWS Programming Office “We (FEMA) are currently attempting to address an issue which has caused the regular Monday morning RWT messages issued by IPAWS to fail upon reception.”  They hope to have the issue repaired prior to sending to the Mountain Zone. Please log a failure of the weekly IPAWS test…

On Monday, August 1, 2016, at 1:00 PM (CDT), FCC staff will conduct an online webinar specifically designed to educate broadcasters about the ETRS, and facilitate your registration by the August 26th deadline. Topics covered will include best practices for registering ETRS accounts, a step-by-step guide to completing Form One, how to access Forms Two…

While details remain sketchy, Sept. 28 has been slated for the second national test of the Emergency Alert System by FEMA. Broadcasters and other EAS participants should begin preparing because the FCC’s new electronic EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) will be in place for the first time, enabling the commission to automatically assess the success…

FEB RMT – Stations report various results: A software upgrade caused the February 4, 2014 RMT to default to a 15 minute duration.  As a result, most LP1s received and passed on the test.  Some LP2s were successful.  But the majority of Broadcast stations failed to receive the RMT as the test had expired prior…