The future of emergency communication, built and tested in the Triangle

No one thinks about the old Emergency Broadcast Signal anymore. It feels like a relic of another era. But the frequencies ...
Security

Broadcast veteran Marc Jaromin joins Futuri to expand BEACON for public safety

Futuri announces the appointment of Marc Jaromin as Director of Public Safety Platforms. In this pivotal role, Jaromin will lead expansion of BEACON (The Broadcast Emergency Alerts and Communications ...
Capital Gazette

This is a test of the emergency broadcast system: Will Senate cut NPR, PBS?

Public radio station executive Judy Diaz fears that an arid landscape for local news on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is about to become even more parched. In the next month, the U.S. Senate will decide ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

The Day an Emergency Broadcast System Error Spread Nuclear Fear

Remember that brief moment of icy fear that went down your spine every time you heard the start of an Emergency Broadcast System test? Well for United States audiences on Feb. 20, 1971, it seemed as ...