The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a simple parable that teaches children the fatal risk of raising a false alarm. To do so is to risk one’s life when raising the alarm about a real emergency that may go duly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hit CBS sitcom “Young Sheldon” is in hot water with the FCC over its use of sound effects evoking the Emergency Alert System ...

You can get away with a lot during a television broadcast and walk away with a relative slap on the wrist. But if there’s one thing the FCC doesn’t take too kindly to it’s broadcasting emergency alert ...

The FCC is serious about its rule that bans the use of real or simulated EAS tones on the air. So much so the agency proposed a $200,000 fine against Turner Broadcasting System. The commission says in ...

Malicious intruders have hijacked US radio gear to turn emergency broadcast tones into a profanity-laced alarm system.… That's according to the latest warning issued by the Federal Communications ...

This story originally appeared on TV Tech, our sister publication. The FCC has levied a fine of $504,000 against Fox for “willfully violating” commission rules on transmitting EAS Tones during regular ...

It is only a test. Wisconsin residents will hear a warning sound coming from their cellphone Wednesday afternoon as the federal government is conducting a nationwide test of the emergency alert system ...