EAS Test Reporting System – ETRS Form One Due October 3, 2025

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has released a Public Notice announcing that the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Test Reporting System (ETRS) is open now through October 3 for EAS Participants to submit their annual ETRS Form One for calendar year 2025. EAS Participants[1] are required to provide information regarding their EAS equipment and monitoring assignments, facility location, and contact information, among other things. Although there is no nationwide EAS test scheduled for 2025, all EAS Participants remain subject to the annual requirement to update their EAS information in the ETRS database by filing an ETRS Form One. LPTV stations that act as translators as well as FM translators and booster stations are exempt from this requirement, as are broadcast stations that act as satellites or repeaters rebroadcasting 100% of the programming of a hub station.

For additional background on EAS, please see our prior posts here, here, and here.

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Disclaimer

This advisory is a publication of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Our purpose in publishing this advisory is to inform our clients and friends of recent legal developments. It is not intended, nor should it be used, as a substitute for specific legal advice as legal counsel may only be given in response to inquiries regarding particular situations.

*David Silverman is a contract attorney and former partner of DWT. Broadcast paralegal Sharon Mathis also contributed to this advisory.