At its August Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reexamine the Emergency Alert System. Now the NAB is making its voice heard, warning that modernization must preserve broadcasters’ roles as “first informers” in a crisis. On the structure of EAS, NAB opposes extending alert origination authority to private companies, arguing that accountability must remain with government entities. For other alerts, NAB says redundancy across many local stations is more effective than new mandates. “Redundancy, not rules, is the best way to attempt to guarantee the delivery of EAS alerts,” the association writes.