[sbe-eas] NPR World Service Aired EAS Tones

[Dave Anderson]

Yes, sure have....

We aired the 4:50ET version in overnight BBC coverage.

It only included the EOM tones so it shouldn't have woken up anyone's encoders downstream.   No header or attention tone was included.

It has chunks of audio from a tornado warning from the NWS for the Oklahoma tornado 10 years ago with a discussion surrounding it all the way to the end of the piece mixed around the EOM tones.

Anyone wanting to hear this let me know in private e-mail I'll send the snip from the air skim.

Even though it wasn't a full EAS alert,  I had our counsel notify the FCC under 47 C.F.R. 11.45(b) that we aired this.

Regards,

Dave Anderson, CBRE
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From: sbe-eas <sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org> On Behalf Of Wood, Brian
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2023 10:22 AM
To: sbe-eas at sbe.org
Subject: [sbe-eas] NPR World Service Aired EAS Tones


I just saw the notice from NPR that the BBC World Service aired old EAS tones on May 24th as part of a story about tornadoes (0450 ET, 0850 ET, 1350 ET, 1820 ET and 2250 ET, at :19 and 1:32 into the segment). I've not heard of any stations downstream of us picking up the 3-tones but there is background noise or talking during both sets of tones.



Has anyone else heard from non-NPR stations retransmitting the EAS alert?

Thanks!

Brian Wood, CBTE
Studios Engineering Manager
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
www.sdpb.org<http://www.sdpb.org/>
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