The National Association of Broadcasters believes the FCC should allow software-based EAS and do it quickly. This spring the commission took comments from broadcasters and other alerting stakeholders.

The National Association of Broadcasters said it has nearly unanimous industry support for its proposal to allow EAS participants to use software-based encoder/decoder technology instead of a hardware ...

The NAB continues to push a software-based solution for Emergency Alert System equipment, allowing broadcasters to replace physical encoder/decoder hardware with digital options. The suggestions build ...