[sbe-eas] Question for the group about a station carrying a RMT for an in-DMA area but for an adjacent state

[Sean Donelan]

You'll need to ask the SECCs in Arizona and New Mexico.  There are about a 
hundred EAS operational areas which cross state borders.  EAS is a federal 
program, not a state program.  Neilsen DMAs are not relevant.

A few years ago, I drew maps of almost all the EAS operational areas in 
the country.

https://www.donelan.com/easmaps/index.html

The FCC has left it up to the SECCs to coordinate EAS operational areas. 
You only need to carry one RMT each month, but which one applies in which 
area is determined by the SECCs.

I don't think anyone from the FCC has bothered to check in over 30 years.


On Thu, 9 Nov 2023, mlangner at swcp.com wrote:
> Hello everyone !
> 
> Please help me with a question I’ve not encountered before!
> 
> If a station with community of license Albuquerque, NM picks up an RMT for
> Arizona via IPAWS, should the Albuquerque station carry the Arizona RMT if
> the station has coverage of, and viewers in, a (small)  part of Arizona that
> is in the New Mexico DMA? Per the map, the same question is applicable to
> any case in which a/the Albuquerque station might receive an IPAWS RMT for
> Colorado as small parts of Colorado are also in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe
> DMA.
> 
> Here's the DMA map. The northeast corner of Arizona (shown in purple) is
> part of the Albuquerque-Santa Fe DMA.