# Review of the Emergency Alert System
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2005-11-25 · Effective 2006-12-31 · 70 FR 71023
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-23271
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 71023
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 11
- **Publication date:** 2005-11-25
- **Effective date:** 2006-12-31
- **FCC docket:** EB Docket No. 04-296
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules that expand the reach of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), as currently constituted, to cover digital communications technologies that are increasingly being used by the American public to receive news and entertainment--digital television and radio, digital cable, and satellite television and radio. This First Report and Order is the most recent in a series of proceedings in which the Commission has sought to contribute to an efficient and technologically current public alert and warning system.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/11/25/05-23271/review-of-the-emergency-alert-system)
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