ETRS 2026: Form One due Oct 30, nationwide EAS test Nov 17

Oct 30, 2026

Form One due (annual)

11 days ago

Nov 17, 2026

Nationwide EAS test

2:20 PM ET (1:20 PM CT)

Nov 19, 2026

Form Two due

by 2:20 PM ET, 48 hours after the test

Jan 4, 2027

Form Three due

45 days after the test

If the FCC uses the backup test date of Dec 3, 2026, Form Two is due Dec 5 at 2:20 PM ET and Form Three by Jan 18, 2027. The test goes out through IPAWS with the NPT event code, in English and Spanish CAP messages.

Who has to file

All EAS Participants, including LPFM stations, Class D noncommercial FM stations, and stations that are silent under an STA. Exempt:

LPTV stations operating as translators that rebroadcast another TV station's programming in full
FM translators and boosters that rebroadcast a local FM station in full
Satellite and repeater stations that rebroadcast 100% of a hub station's programming (the hub still files)

A separate Form One is filed for each EAS encoder/decoder. When stations share a decoder, each station files its own.

Form One: identifying information (every year)

Form One must be renewed every year and filed before Forms Two and Three. ETRS pre-fills last year's answers once you enter your FRN and Facility ID, so this is mostly a review. Fields include:

Who you are	FRN, EAS Participant type, Facility ID, call sign, city/county/state of license, legal name, owner
EAS equipment	Make, model and software version of each EAS encoder/decoder
Monitoring	EAS designation, first and second monitoring assignments, whether monitored under a waiver, other monitored sources, whether you monitor FEMA IPAWS
Service area	Primary language(s), geographic zones of service (state EAS plan operational areas)
Location	Transmitter latitude/longitude (NAD83, decimal degrees), transmitter city/county/state, receiver (monitoring antenna) address
Certification	Contact information and certification

Form Two: day of test (within 48 hours)

Two yes/no questions: did the facility receive the EAS test message, and did it retransmit it to the public. Form Two opens when the test starts.

Form Three: detailed report (within 45 days)

Where the message came from and which source delivered it first, when it was received and retransmitted (with time zone), languages, whether it was received and retransmitted without complications, and if not, what went wrong (equipment configuration, software out of date, equipment failure, audio quality, user error, other) with an explanation.

Tips

Answer from your logs. Forms Two and Three should match what your EAS log and equipment show. An honest "no" with an explanation is far better than a "yes" you can't back up: false ETRS reports have drawn FCC enforcement (for example DA 26-844).
Check your encoder/decoder firmware version and monitoring assignments against your state EAS plan before Oct 30.
ETRS has no public API. Only you can sign in (with your FCC CORES username) and certify. StationWatch never files on your behalf.

Source: FCC EAS Test Reporting System page and the FCC's 2026 Public Notice. Field lists are summarized from FCC materials; confirm against the current FCC ETRS filing prep sheets before filing.

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