Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerts should be issued at the local...
Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerts should be issued at the local broadcasters’ discretion to avoid burdening the public with irrelevant and excessive alerts, State Bcstg. Assns. (SBA) said in reply comments on FCC’s review of EAS. “Mandatory participation is…
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also not the panacea to an effective EAS,” SBA said. The group also urged the FCC to stop cable operators from overriding or blocking local weather warnings. Local officials aren’t adding any value through the local alert system when they air “a plain vanilla” alert after blanking out a station that has more accurate information, SBA said.