• Amber Alert
• Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC)
• Required Monthly Test (RMT) Schedule (2017)
• Texas State EAS Plan

Required Monthly Test (RMT) Schedule (2017)

• Schedule set annually by Texas’ two Primary Entry Point (PEP) EAS RMT originating stations: WBAP-AM Dallas-Fort Worth and KTRH-AM Houston
• The EAS originating PEP stations send the RMT on the Tuesday of the first full week of each month
• If the RMT falls on a holiday, the test will take place on the following Wednesday
• Other EAS regions receive the RMT via either a daisy chain broadcast station relay or by the Texas State Networks’ satellite dissemination
• If a station doesn’t receive the RMT, the FCC requires the station to make “a good faith effort” to determine why it was not received
• It is sufficient to make an inquiry to one of the two local primary stations assigned to a particular EAS region and note the results of that inquiry in the station’s EAS log

NOTE: Per the Texas State EAS Plan, the RMT happens on a Tuesday of the first full week of the month (Texas State EAS Plan, page 20). If the test date falls on a holiday, however, the test will be the following day (Texas State EAS Plan, page 21). Therefore, the 2017 RMT schedule includes a Wednesday test date - July 5, 2017.

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View the FCC's EAS Handbooks