Overhaul the Emergency Alert System (EAS), the Society of Bcst. E...
Overhaul the Emergency Alert System (EAS), the Society of Bcst. Engineers (SBE) told the FCC. “Simple modifications or band-aid approaches are no longer applicable,” the SBE said in Wed. comments on the EAS FNPRM. The FCC should “eliminate the…
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broadcast daisy chain” by creating multipoint distribution links from “govt. warning originators” to National Weather Radio, broadcasters, cable, common carriers and others, SBE said (CD Jan26 p3). Broadcasters should “be eliminated” as an EAS origination source, the SBE said. The FCC should create EAS performance standards, with federal funding and training provided for a national system with a common alerting protocol, they said.