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FCC 11.1
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 | 2016
§ 11.1   Purpose.

   This part contains rules and regulations providing for an Emergency Alert
   System (EAS). The EAS provides the President with the capability to provide
   immediate  communications and information to the general public at the
   National, State and Local Area levels during periods of national emergency.
   The  rules  in this part describe the required technical standards and
   operational  procedures of the EAS for analog AM, FM, and TV broadcast
   stations, digital broadcast stations, analog cable systems, digital cable
   systems, wireline video systems, wireless cable systems, Direct Broadcast
   Satellite (DBS) services, Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS), and
   other participating entities. The EAS may be used to provide the heads of
   State and local government, or their designated representatives, with a
   means of emergency communication with the public in their State or Local
   Area.

   [ 72 FR 62132 , Nov. 2, 2007]

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