The FCC refused to let Hull Bcstg. stations share Emergency Alert ...
The FCC refused to let Hull Bcstg. stations share Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment with another company’s outlets. In May, Hull requested a waiver for Kansas FM stations KBGL and KFIX to use the same emergency equipment with colocated…
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stations owned by Eagle Communications. Hull argued sharing the EAS unit would make emergency monitoring, testing and alerts more efficient. But FCC rules bar stations not commonly owned to share EAS units. The Commission also said it didn’t agree with Hull’s argument that sharing a unit would be more efficient. “On the contrary, the efficient deployment of an EAS message depends to a certain degree on system redundancies,” the FCC said.