Texas PBS is not just your local public TV station—it plays an essential role in the state’s emergency response system to the people.
Texas stations serve more than 30 million people as media partners for weather emergencies, Amber Alert Programs, and the state’s Emergency Alert System. The nation relies on lifesaving alerts from PBS station towers. The public television interconnection system connects local stations in all 50 states and U.S.territories to PBS, state and regional public television networks and other producers. Our collective infrastructure provides for the delivery of geo-targeted wireless emergency alerts to cell phones
These services are part of Texas PBS’s commitment to strengthening the safety of all our communities.
PBS WARN
PBS WARN (Warning, Alert, Response Network) uses PBS’s unique reach, reliability, and local connections across America to provide a vital backup path for the WEA system, which allows local, state, and national government agencies (like FEMA) to instantly send short message warnings from geo-targeted cell phone towers directly to a nearby user’s mobile device.
