National EAS Test Scheduled for September 20th

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced a National EAS Test for September 20, 2018 at 2:20 p.m. EST. All broadcasters must file EAS Form Two by 11:59 p.m. EDT that same day, followed by EAS Form Three no later than November 5, 2018.

This announcement followed the Bureau’s public notice reminding all EAS participants of their annual obligation to renew their identifying information in ETRS Form One no later than August 27, 2018.  A separate copy of Form One must be filed for each EAS decoder, EAS encoder and units combining decoder/encoder functions.  The EAS Test Report System (ETRS) is already available for EAS Participants to make the EAS Form One filing – this link is the ETRS login page.  Like last year, FCC Usernames will be required to access and file the ETRS forms.