FCC OKs Some, Denies Other CAP EAS Waivers for Systems, Some That Shuttered
FCC staff denied some and granted other emergency alert system waivers that communications systems apparently sought in 2012 and 2013, and that in some cases have since stopped operating. About five petitioners sought to escape an obligation to get EAS…
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alerts in common alerting protocol, because of issues like having small systems, it not being economically feasible to provide CAP warnings, and/or not getting broadband. "The Commission has established a presumption in favor of granting temporary waivers based upon the physical unavailability of broadband," said Friday's Public Safety Bureau order. CableAmerica Missouri and KJAY lacked such access and "continued to operate legacy EAS equipment at least until the time of their most recent filings," said staff, OK'ing those requests. "The public has not been deprived of EAS alerts." They got waiver from June 30, 2012, until the identified systems "were taken out of service or rendered compliant." West River Cable Television also got temporary waiver until its systems went offline. Universal Cablevision went out of business March 24, 2015, the order said. "We dismiss its waiver as moot." Argent's request was incomplete, and it didn't provide more details, the bureau said, dismissing the request without prejudice to refile a complete submission. FCC representatives didn't answer questions for more details.