{"abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopts changes to its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to facilitate \"Live Code Tests\" of the EAS; permit use of the EAS Attention Signal and EAS Header Code tones in Public Service Announcements; implement certain alert authentication and validation procedures; and require reporting of false alerts.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2018/08/10/2018-17096.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":11,"title":47}],"citation":"83 FR 39610","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective September 10, 2018, except for the amendments to 47 CFR 11.33 and 11.56, which are effective August 12, 2019, and the amendments to 47 CFR 11.45(b) and 11.61, which contain modifications to information collection requirements that were previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Once OMB has approved the modifications to these collections, the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["PS Docket Nos. 15-94, 15-91","FCC 18-94"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-17096","effective_on":"2018-09-10","end_page":39621,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/08/10/2018-17096.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/10/2018-17096/emergency-alert-system-wireless-emergency-alerts","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2018-17096?publication_date=2018-08-10","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-08-10/2018-17096/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":579,"last_updated":"2026-07-25 20:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-08-10/pdf/2018-17096.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-17096.pdf?1533818720","publication_date":"2018-08-10","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/08/10/2018-17096.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-08-30T10:00:27Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":39610,"subtype":null,"title":"Emergency Alert System; Wireless Emergency Alerts","toc_doc":"Wireless Emergency Alerts","toc_subject":"Emergency Alert System:","topics":["Radio","Television"],"type":"Rule","volume":83}