Emergency Alert System

The Emergency Alert System is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via... Wikipedia

• Type:  Emergency warning system
• Country:  United States
• TV stations:  All broadcast television stations and cable systems
• Radio stations:  77 designated Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations. All commercial radio stations
• Broadcast area:  Varies, nationwide for national activation, limited to 31 locations at a time for regional activation, including counties, parishes, boroughs (and any other equivalents), entire states, Washington, D.C, and territories
• Launch date:  January 1, 1997
• Replaced:  Emergency Broadcast System, Local Access Alert
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo