The FCC is to consider a broad emergency alert system (EAS) rulem...
The FCC is to consider a broad emergency alert system (EAS) rulemaking at its May 31 agenda meeting, said industry and agency officials. The order is expected to address a 2005 Minority Media & Telecom Council petition that the…
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Commission require alerts in Spanish. It was filed after Hurricane Katrina knocked KGLA(AM) Gretna, La., off the air; listeners couldn’t get emergency news in Spanish from other New Orleans- area stations (CD Sept 21/05 p5). It’s not clear the extent to which the Commission will require emergency announcements in languages other than English. Details of the EAS order seem to be under debate on the 8th floor. The order likely will deal with broader emergency alert issues such as the kinds of technology that broadcasters can use, an industry lawyer said. - JM