In about a month, a massive nationwide test of the emergency alert system (EAS) will be carried out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The test, according to the agencies, will be sent out to every television, every radio, and cellphone in the United States on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET. What it means is that across the United States, television shows or commercials will be interrupted, radio programming will be stopped, and phones will receive the alert message.
