EB Reminds on EAS Accessibility
Emergency alerts must be “visually and aurally accessible,” said an FCC Enforcement Bureau advisory public notice Wednesday. Emergency alert system messages must be displayed at the top of the screen, in fonts and colors “readily readable and understandable” and the…
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audio portion “must play in full at least once” during the message, the PN said. “The Enforcement Bureau may, at its discretion, treat each failure to transmit accessible EAS messages as a separate violation for purposes of calculating the proposed forfeiture amount.” A nationwide test of EAS and wireless emergency alerts is planned for Aug. 11 (see 2105040068). Consumers who witness inaccessible alerts should report that, the PN said.