Goto Section: 11.1 | 11.2 | Table of Contents
FCC 11.1
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 11.1 Purpose.
This part contains rules and regulations providing for an Emergency Alert
System (EAS). The EAS provides the President with the capability to provide
immediate communications and information to the general public at the
National, State and Local Area levels during periods of national emergency.
The rules in this part describe the required technical standards and
operational procedures of the EAS for analog AM, FM, and TV broadcast
stations, digital broadcast stations, analog cable systems, digital cable
systems, wireline video systems, wireless cable systems, Direct Broadcast
Satellite (DBS) services, Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS), and
other participating entities. The EAS may be used to provide the heads of
State and local government, or their designated representatives, with a
means of emergency communication with the public in their State or Local
Area.
[ 72 FR 62132 , Nov. 2, 2007]
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Goto Section: 11.1 | 11.2
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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