alert - warning

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Broadcasters and Wireless Providers

Local radio and TV stations, along with cable, direct broadcast satellite and wireless service providers, disseminate the public safety messages they receive from IPAWS.

Broadcasters

Local radio and television stations help communicate important warnings as Emergency Alert System (EAS) participants.

In many cases, radio and TV stations continue to operate when other means of alerting the public are unavailable, providing a layer of resiliency to the suite of available emergency communication tools.

Emergency Alert System Participants

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The Next Generation Warning System Grant Program (NGWSGP) will support investments that improve the resilience and security of public broadcasting networks and systems.

Wireless Providers

Commercial Mobile Service Providers are wireless providers who voluntarily participate in the Wireless Emergency Alerts system.

Commercial Mobile Service Providers

National Public Warning System

The National Public Warning System (NPWS), also known as Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations, are radio broadcast stations that work with FEMA to provide emergency alert and warning information to the public before, during and after incidents and disasters. The FEMA NPWS also serves as the primary source of initial broadcast for a national alert.

Hawaii PEP Station

This is the KHKA, 1500 AM, Primary Entry Point station in Hawaii, as seen from above.

NPWS stations are equipped with back-up communications equipment and power generators designed to enable them to continue broadcasting information to the public during and after an event. 

The NPWS can directly reach more than 90% of the U.S. population and ensures that under all conditions the President can alert and warn the public.

*Note: SiriusXM broadcasts the NPWS messages to the public and other EAS Participants.  The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, NPR, and Premiere Networks provide a source of NPWS to EAS participants that may not be within the coverage area of an NPWS radio station.

National Public Warning System Stations

CALL SIGN CITY STATE FREQUENCY
KFQD Anchorage AK 750 AM
WJOX Birmingham AL 690 AM
KAAY Little Rock AR 1090 AM
WVUV Pago Pago Am Samoa 648 AM
KDRI Tucson AZ 830 AM
KCBS San Francisco CA 740 AM
KMJ Fresno CA 580 AM
KOGO San Diego CA 600 AM
KFI La Mirada CA 640 AM
KOA Denver CO 850 AM
WTIC Farmington CT 1080 AM
WFED Washington DC 1500 AM
WFLF Maitland FL 540 AM
WOKV Jacksonville FL 690 AM
WAQI Miami FL 710 AM
WMAC Macon GA 940 AM
WSRV Atlanta GA 97.1 FM
KHKA Honolulu HI 1500 AM
KBOI Boise ID 670 AM
WLS Chicago IL 890 AM
WWL New Orleans LA 870 AM
KWKH Shreveport LA 1130 AM
WBZ Boston MA 1030 AM
WBAL Baltimore MD 1090 AM
WGAN Portland ME 560 AM
WJR Riverview MI 760 AM
WCCO Minneapolis MN 830 AM
WHB Overland MO 810 AM
KMOX St. Louis MO 1120 AM
WMSI Jackson MS 102.9 FM
KERR Polson MT 750 AM
WQDR Raleigh NC 94.7 FM
WBT Charlotte NC 1110 AM
WSFL New Bern NC 106.5 FM
KFYR Bismarck ND 550 AM
KRVN Lexington NE 880 AM
WABC New York NJ 770 AM
KKOB Albuquerque NM 770 AM
KKOH Reno NV 780 AM
KXNT Las Vegas NV 840 AM
WHAM Rochester NY 1180 AM
WBNW Endicott NY 105.7 FM
WROW Albany NY 590 AM
WLW Cincinnati OH 700 AM
WTAM Cleveland OH 1100 AM
KRMG Tulsa OK 740 AM
KPNW Eugene OR 1120 AM
KOPB Portland OR 91.5 FM
KDKA Pittsburgh PA 1020 AM
WTEL Philadelphia PA 610 AM
WKAQ San Juan Puerto Rico 580 AM
WCOS Columbia SC 97.5 FM
WGTK Greenville SC 94.5 FM
WSM Nashville TN 650 AM
WJXB Knoxville TN 97.5 FM
WJCW Johnson City TN 910 AM
WREC Memphis TN 600 AM
KTRH Houston TX 740 AM
WBAP Arlington TX 820 AM
KLBJ Austin TX 590 AM
KROD El Paso TX 600 AM
WSTA St. Thomas USVI 1340 AM
KSL Salt Lake City UT 1160 AM
WRXL Richmond VA 102.1 FM
WTAR Norfolk VA 850 AM
WPLY Roanoke VA 610 AM
KIRO Seattle WA 710 AM
WTMJ Milwaukee WI 620 AM
WCHS Charleston WV 580 AM
KTWO Casper WY 1030 AM
KTWG Piti Guam 801 AM
WHO Des Moines IA 1040 AM