The FCC released a Public Notice announcing a National EAS Test date of November 17, 2026, as well as deadlines for stations to file Forms One, Two and Three relating to that test. 

Here are the highlights:

• All EAS Participants must submit their annual ETRS Form One for calendar year 2026 no later than October 30, 2026.
• All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form Two within 48 hours of the nationwide test. The deadline for Form Two filings is 2:20 pm ET on November 19, 2026, or, if the test is conducted on the alternative date, 2:20 pm ET on December 5, 2026.
• All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form Three to provide detailed post-test data within 45 days following the nationwide test, which will be on or before January 4, 2027, or, if the test is conducted on the alternative date, on or before January 18, 2027.

In an unusual move, iHeartMedia transferred its K277DH 103.3 MHz translator atop Mt. Soledad to Crawford Broadcasting. In return, Crawford ceded its K264BO 100.7 translator on Lookout Mountain near Denver to iHeart. The FCC approved the swap last week.

The K277DH translator had been transmitting the signal of KLSD 1360 AM, but was restricted to an east-west directional signal. The co-channel K277DG 103.3 FM translator serving Crawford’s KNSN 1240 AM signal near National City is limited to 15 watts ERP directional toward the south. KNSN is a satellite broadcast of KBRT 740 Costa Mesa. The new arrangement could allow Crawford to rearrange its 103.3 signal to better serve its San Diego listeners.

In Denver, K264BO repeated KLZ 560. iHeart named KHOW 630 as its primary station for the translator. Its other AM properties in Denver have active FM translators.

[Update] iHeartMedia has signed on its FM transmitters at the 52nd Street Vertical Bridge-owned transmitter site. The 8-bay, 1/2-wave spaced array has been energized with KHTS 93.3 and KGB-FM 101.5, including their HD sidebands that had been turned off while on the lower auxiliary antenna. Crews are working to add KWFN 97.3 and KLNV 106.5, as well as auxiliary use for KMYI 94.1 and KIOZ 105.3.

The same 52nd Street tower will host KLSD 1360 and KSDO 1130 AM.

The old KOGO transmitter site in Emerald Hills is slated for housing development, so the transmitters there need to be moved to the single-tower Vertical Bridge-owned site, originally occupied by KGB-AM 1360, on 52nd Street, about a mile to the northwest.

KLSD is operating on an STA at the historic KOGO tower site, and KSDO is operating at 52nd Street using a vertical drop wire.

KOGO 600 moved to multiplex with KGB-AM 760 near Santee in 2024.

For now, KLNV continues to operate from the old KOGO tower. KWFN has an aux site at Mt. San Miguel.