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Nationwide Alert Test This Afternoon
A nationwide emergency alert test will be sent to all TVs, radios, and cell phones today -Wednesday, October 4th at 2:20 p.m. ET. The nationwide test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS)聽conducted by FEMA and the FCC will affect all major wireless carriers that participate in Wireless Emergency Alerts, which will transmit…
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), partnering with the Federal Communication Commission, and WGMD, will conduct a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) with radio, TV, cable stations, and wireless carriers at 2:20PM EDT October 3, 2018. Cell phones that are turned on and near an active cell…
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