The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts this week.

The national test will consist of two portions, with both scheduled for 1:20 p.m. this Wednesday. The wireless portion will be directed to all consumer cell phones, and should display in either English or Spanish, depending on the device and its language settings. All wireless phones should receive the message only once.

The emergency alert test will then go over the airwaves, including all FCC-regulated television and radio stations. KNIA/KRLS is participating, and programming will be interrupted briefly.