Growing up, the Emergency Broadcast System was a kind of sonic boogeyman. Its signature harsh tone would cut through your favorite TV show or song on the radio, announcing that “THIS IS ONLY A TEST”.

The initiative could help reach people in places lacking access to local news sources. The nation’s first artificial-intelligence-powered emergency broadcast system launched Wednesday in Florida, a ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Futuri, the leader in AI-powered broadcast technology, announces the appointment of Marc Jaromin as Director of Public Safety Platforms. In this pivotal role, Jaromin ...

Futuri announces the appointment of Marc Jaromin as Director of Public Safety Platforms. In this pivotal role, Jaromin will lead expansion of BEACON (The Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications ...

BEACON technology is displayed in the Florida Division of Emergency Management control center. Emergency management officials in Florida are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to better ...

Public radio station executive Judy Diaz fears that an arid landscape for local news on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is about to become even more parched. In the next month, the U.S. Senate will decide ...

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah National Guard has warned state residents that it will conduct a test of its Emergency Radio Broadcast Recall System on Sunday night. The test, slated for 8 p.m. on ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use ...

Hawai‘i prepares for its monthly siren and emergency alert system test set for February 2, 2026, at 11:45 a.m.