Required Monthly Test (RMT) Schedule (2018)
- Schedule set annually by Texas’ two 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 (Texas State EAS Plan, page 20)
- Other EAS regions receive the RMT via either a daisy chain broadcast station relay or by the Texas State Networks’ satellite dissemination
- If the RMT falls on a holiday, the test will take place on the following Wednesday (Texas State EAS Plan, page 20)
- The RMT occurs either during the daytime or nighttime for even or odd months (47 CFR 11.61 - Tests of EAS Procedures).
- 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
Download printable copy of the schedule
Month | FCC Requirement | Date | Day | Window |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2017 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 12/5/2017 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
January 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 1/9/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
February 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 2/6/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
March 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 3/6/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
April 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 4/3/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
May 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 5/8/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
June 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 6/5/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
July 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 7/3/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
August 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 8/7/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
September 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 9/4/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
October 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 10/9/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |
November 2018 | 8:30 am – local sunset | 11/6/2018 | Tuesday | 11 am – 1 pm |
December 2018 | local sunset – 8:30 am | 12/4/2018 | Tuesday | 4:45 am – 6:45 am |