The year-old system in Washington has never been tested and is linked to the federal Emergency Alert System, formerly the Emergency Broadcast System.

Wednesday's test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System will use the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since the 1960s to broadcast warnings across the country, according to Jeremy ...

An errant Emergency Broadcast System transmission made television watchers and radio listeners worry about the threat of nuclear war on Feb. 20, 1971.

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of a ...

Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation.

“The emergency broadcasting system under FEMA is going to be activated,” the woman explains, speaking directly into the camera. “It’s not a test.

The national Emergency Alert System is a perfect example of useless big government. It has never been used to communicate about a national emergency and likely never will be.

Wednesday's test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System will use the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since the 1960s to broadcast warnings across the country, according to Jeremy ...

Wednesday's test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System will use the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since the 1960s to broadcast warnings across the country, according to Jeremy ...

Wednesday's test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System will use the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since the 1960s to broadcast warnings across the country, according to Jeremy ...

Wednesday's test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System will use the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since the 1960s to broadcast warnings across the country, according to Jeremy ...