Federal News Radio 1500 AM: FCC: Presidential emergency alerts to be tested: "Everybody has heard the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those familiar 'duck calls' that reassure listeners 'THIS is a test...this is ONLY a test...'
The FCC is planning an upgrade to the tests by including presidential announcements in the system.
Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC, explained to the Federal Drive the Presidential Alert isn't new.
'The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency,' said Fowlkes. The change, she said, is that prior to last week's order there was no rule in place to call for or allow a test from top to bottom."
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