# FCC Certification of Emergency Alert System (EAS) Decoder
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2002-10-24 · Effective 2003-10-24 · 67 FR 65321
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-27093
- **Category:** broadcasting
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 65321
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 11
- **Publication date:** 2002-10-24
- **Effective date:** 2003-10-24
- **FCC docket:** EB Docket No. 01-66
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission announces that An equipment authorization for an EAS decoder unit has been granted to equipment Manufacturer TFT, Inc. Low Power FM (LPFM) stations and cable systems that serve fewer Than 5,000 subscribers may comply with EAS equipment requirement requirements by Installing an EAS decoder unit, rather than and EAS encoder/decoder unit.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/10/24/02-27093/fcc-certification-of-emergency-alert-system-eas-decoder)
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