FEMA and the @FCC will test the Emergency Alert System nationwide Tues., Nov. 17, 2026, around 2:20 p.m. ET. Radio and TV may pause for about 1 minute. Cell phones will not get this test. No action is needed.

x.com ^ | Sep 17, 2026 | FCC @FCC

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FCC

@FCC

Emergency Alert System test info

Learn more from @FEMA

 

September 17, 2026

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2monthsinadvance; 8hoursago; dollypartoneatskids; oldnews; qvirus

[Bayard]

Tell me the week before this is two months ahead of time. I’m going to forget.

[Drago]

Happened 9 hours ago...well over with by now.

And “EAS” (formerly “EBS”) tests happen monthly...pretty routine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System

[Drago]

Oops you said “Sept. 17th, 2026” and the FEMA tweet/X post says November 17th...never mind. Happens every month in any case.

[ansel12]

People pay more attention to them when they are surprised.

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In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled FEMA and the @FCC will test the Emergency Alert System nationwide Tues., Nov. 17, 2026, around 2:20 p.m. ET. Radio and TV may pause for about 1 minute. Cell phones will not get this test. No action is needed. , Drago wrote:

Oops you said “Sept. 17th, 2026” and the FEMA tweet/X post says November 17th...never mind. Happens every month in any case.

On September 17, FEMA announced it would have a test one month hence, on November 17.

[Repeal The 17th]

On late night TV
I get a “Monthly Test”
twice a week !!!

[Jonty30]

Did everything go silent?

[Drago]

Yep, I worked in broadcast TV for a few decades...monthly “EBS” (now “EAS”) tests are a thing: (They added cell phones to the network around 2007)

“Required monthly tests (RMTs) are generally originated by the local or state primary station, a state emergency management agency, or by the National Weather Service and are then relayed by broadcast stations and cable channels. RMTs must be performed between 8:30 a.m. and local sunset during odd numbered months, and between local sunset and 8:30 a.m. during even-numbered months. Received monthly tests must be retransmitted within 60 minutes of receipt.[59][68] Additionally, an RMT should not be scheduled or conducted during an event of great importance such as a pre-announced presidential speech, coverage of a national/local election, major local or national news coverage outside regularly scheduled newscast hours or a major national sporting event such as the Super Bowl or World Series, with other events such as the Indianapolis 500 and Olympic Games mentioned in individual EAS state plans.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System

[doc maverick]

I bet there is something planned for the IRGC after the midterms……OR they found out there’s a possible attack planned for the US.
Frickin’ Carney in Canada will be on the enemy’s side.
Right now I trust Claudia Sheinbaum, La Presidente de Mexico, more than Carney. She and Trump seem to get along okay and at least Mexicans are predominantly Christians.