Required Monthly Test (RMT) Schedule
- 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 2023 schedule
Month | FCC Requirement | Date | Day | Window |
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November 2022 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 11/8/2022 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
December 2022 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 12/6/2022 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
January 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 1/3/2023 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
February 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 2/7/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
March 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 3/7/2023 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
April 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 4/4/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
May 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 5/9/2023 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
June 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 6/6/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
July 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 7/5/2023 | Wednesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
August 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 8/8/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
September 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 9/5/2023 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
October 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 10/3/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |
November 2023 | 8:30 AM – local sunset | 11/7/2023 | Tuesday | 11 AM – 1 PM |
December 2023 | local sunset – 8:30 AM | 12/5/2023 | Tuesday | 4:45 AM – 6:45 AM |