[Summarizing RadioWorld Report by Nick Langan]

Here’s an important note for stations that update their Sage Alerting Systems Digital ENDEC 3644 with the firmware we told you about yesterday: Once you install the required update, you must also go back and update the FCC’s ETRS Form One.

Sage Alerting Systems released a mandatory firmware that patches compromised eMudhra root certificates. 

That means for any station who installs the update, it must amend their ETRS Form One submission to ensure the commission’s records reflect the encoder-decoder software version in use on the nationwide Emergency Alert System test date of Nov. 17.

The free firmware update, designated version 96-2 (also designated 96-02), is required for U.S. users running Rev96 or Rev96-1.

The FCC last week approved a Construction Permit for One Ministries of Santa Rosa, CA, to build a 3 kW TV channel 2 translator atop Mt. San Miguel. The station will rebroadcast non-commercial TV from its studios in Santa Rosa. Several stations in northern California already carry the broadcasts, including KQSL in San Francisco, KKPM Yuba City/Sacramento, and various translators.

Join Nick Haring and Lectrosonics for Wireless Microphones and IFB 101, a comprehensive guide to understanding, planning, and deploying wireless audio systems. From the early history of wireless microphones to modern digital and encrypted ecosystems, this session covers the core topics necessary to achieve reliable, high-performance wireless audio in live, broadcast, and production environments.

Key Topics:

• RF Evolution & Fundamentals: Why wireless is used and how key technological breakthroughs shaped modern digital audio.
• Band Planning & Frequency Coordination: How to navigate crowded RF environments and eliminate interference.
• System Deployment: Best practices for setting up wireless mics and IEM/IFBs for maximum range and stability.

Join us online at 12:00 PM PST on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. REGISTER HERE for the Zoom Meeting. 

About Nick Haring

Nick Haring is the Eastern U.S. Regional Sales and Technical Manager at Lectrosonics, where he oversees business operations, sales, and technical representation across 20 eastern states. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Recording Technology from The University of Memphis. Early in his career, Nick gained industry experience working at API Audio and as a Front of House Engineer for several musical acts.

Following his studies, Nick built a diverse career across the pro audio, lighting, and musical instrument spaces. He held several managerial positions at Guitar Center before serving as Director of Sales DC at Jetwave Wireless, a firm specializing in high-end production wireless technologies and wireless microphone deployments. Prior to joining Lectrosonics, he was the Managing Member at Red Label Productions, a full-service sound, lighting, and event production business.

We’ve updated the Emergency Alert System Regular Monthly Test Calendar for the upcoming year. Check it out. Broadcast station EAS administrators can forward this link or list to their traffic department for inclusion in next year’s logs.

A security event took websites worldwide by surprise last week, crashing some sites while others took their sites down to prevent a breach. PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, is the dominant means of connecting a website to stored data. A template webpage can be filled with stored data to fill in the important text and images that make up a website, like that you are reading now,, whether for news, corporate information, or commerce.

As I’ve heard it told, AI explored vulnerabilities in PHP code and found a whopper. The news about this got out before patches could be written and distributed. So, as you might imagine, bad actors were out there trying to exploit the big vulnerability.

I first noticed something might be wrong when I went to check-in for an October 20 flight on an airline and was told our reservations couldn’t be found. I checked again overnight and all was well. A day later, our EAS email distributor worked, but our previous bulletins were missing from the page listings.

Then I received an email on October 25 in the middle of the night from our web host Dreamhost saying to immediately change all of our passwords for email and web services.

Later the same day, our SBE36.ORG WordPress website, and apparently any hosted by Dreamhost, went offline. Whether this occurred prophylactically or as a failure is not clear from the site status page. Everything was operational within 24 hours once I could access the temporarily missing SFTP site and change the configuration file to reflect the new password.

There are two takes on this. One is that AI will continue to find security issues that may give criminals openings with results ranging from close calls to international disasters. The other is that AI will help us as a tool to find and harden security to prevent such disasters. And both can be true at the same time.