Public Notice from the FCC:
Released: March 8, 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES FILING DEADLINES FOR COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS REGARDING THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) MULTILINGUAL ALERTING NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 24-23)
PS Docket No. 15-94
Comments Due: April 8, 2024
Reply Comments Due: May 6, 2024
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-23, that proposes and seeks comment on implementing a multilingual alert processing model for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to promote the distribution of EAS alerts in non-English languages.1 The proposed processing model would create pre-scripted (“template”) alert messages in English as well as Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese for select emergencies (such as wildfires).2 TV and radio broadcasters, cable service providers, and other services that make up the EAS public alert distribution system would be required to transmit template alerts in the language that matches their programming content.3 The NPRM also seeks comment a wide range of specific technical, operational, cost and implementation timing issues related to the template alert distribution model.
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FCC Announces Comment Deadlines for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Multilingual Alert Notice NPRM
Public Notice from the FCC:
Released: March 8, 2024
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES FILING DEADLINES FOR COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS REGARDING THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) MULTILINGUAL ALERTING NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING (FCC 24-23)
PS Docket No. 15-94
Comments Due: April 8, 2024
Reply Comments Due: May 6, 2024
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-23, that proposes and seeks comment on implementing a multilingual alert processing model for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to promote the distribution of EAS alerts in non-English languages.1 The proposed processing model would create pre-scripted (“template”) alert messages in English as well as Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese for select emergencies (such as wildfires).2 TV and radio broadcasters, cable service providers, and other services that make up the EAS public alert distribution system would be required to transmit template alerts in the language that matches their programming content.3 The NPRM also seeks comment a wide range of specific technical, operational, cost and implementation timing issues related to the template alert distribution model.
Read full release.
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