# Review of the Emergency Alert System
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; announcement of effective date. · Published 2006-12-20 · Effective 2006-02-21 · 71 FR 76220
## Document
- **Document number:** E6-21770
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 76220
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 11
- **Publication date:** 2006-12-20
- **Effective date:** 2006-02-21
- **FCC docket:** EB Docket No. 04-296, FCC 05-191
## Abstract

The Commission adopted rules that expanded 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. This document announces the effective date of these published rules.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/12/20/E6-21770/review-of-the-emergency-alert-system)
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