Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Texans will be sent a nationwide emergency alert test on cell phones, wireless devices, radios and TVs.

WASHINGTON — Around 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time (or a little closer to 2:18 p.m. Eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 4, millions of cellphones, TVs and radios across the country sent out an alert as part of a ...

The nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System in October produced much better percentages for both receipt and retransmission than a test in 2021, according to the FCC. But issues still remain.

At 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Texans will be sent a nationwide emergency alert test on cell phones, wireless devices, radios and TVs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the ...