[sbe-eas] Interesting inquiry on our station website

[Allen Fowler]

Adrienne:
   Just to make this a little creepier. Michigan is on Eastern time so it
would have been 1:23 AM.

Allen

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net>
wrote:

> This guy hit up our Las Vegas PBS station for their RWT schedule earlier
> this month. We couldn’t think of a good reason to share that information
> with him so the response from the station was that they followed the FCC
> Part 11 rules. However, I did a little digging and found that the email
> belongs to a “Chris Downing” of Petroskey, MI, on Facebook. He’s a
> “Facilities housekeeper” at Odawa Casino, a tribal casino in Petoskey owned
> by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. He hasn’t posted
> anything on Facebook since 2019.
>
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>
> I did find the message to be just a little creepy. His request for
> information was posted to the Las Vegas PBS station email contact at 10:23
> PM our time on May 3, which was 12:23 AM in Michigan. I had visions of
> someone hunched over a keyboard in a dark basement in the upper Midwest
> with nothing else to do a 12:23 in the morning but send requests for email
> information to a PBS station—Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??? My first thought was
> “Is this guy trying to hack the EAS system?”. I can’t think of a legitimate
> reason why anyone who is not a broadcaster would want to know when a PBS
> station halfway across the country is running their RWTs. He’s been busy
> since then contacting other stations. Someone should call him and ask him
> directly why he wants this info…his phone number is (231) 445-1275.
>
> Adrienne
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>
> Adrienne Abbott, W6BCY
>
> Nevada EAS Chair
>
> "Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires
> constant attention, but we love it." Jim Aaron WGLN
>
>
>
> *From:* sbe-eas *On Behalf Of *Ken Evans
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2024 12:00 PM
> *To:* SBE EAS Exchange - a mail list for discussion about the Emergency
> Alert System and other emergency communication issues. <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sbe-eas] Interesting inquiry on our station website
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> I would not reply.  I have had a GM who got the request and replied that
> with we follow all FCC EAS rules, tests are sent of random days and times.
> She got a request for an EAS Log.   I said no.
>
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>
> First the person does not identify themself.  Second the request does not
> explain why it is needed.  So, their setup is suspicious from the start.
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> Replying to them, or sending them a log is, "Not a good idea."
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> Why not?  Sending out one would be very bad.  It could breach all EAS
> security that you have.  So do not do it.
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> The people we are required to provide EAS information to will be sure to
> identify themselves and state why they want to see the report.
>
> Remember, the FCC requires us to maintain EAS security.
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> *From:* sbe-eas <sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org> on behalf of Mike Murrell <
> engineermike at mindspring.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2024 12:28 PM
> *To:* SBE EAS Exchange - a mail list for discussion about the Emergency
> Alert System and other emergency communication issues. <sbe-eas at sbe.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sbe-eas] Interesting inquiry on our station website
>
>
>
> If you’re inclined to reply simply say you follow the rules put forth by
> the FCC and leave it at that.
>
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>
> They’re likely fishing
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> Have a good day
>
>
>
> Mike Murrell
>
> Director of Engineering TAB
>
> Chairman SECC TN.
>
> 865-603-1778
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>
>
> On May 29, 2024, at 11:55 AM, Jerod Getz <Jerod.Getz at vtntv.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> We had a question submitted on our station website from a Christopher
> Downing cdowning371 at gmail.com asking if we have a schedule for weekly
> tests of the emergency alert system. Our IT manager traced them to Michigan
> and we are located in Arkansas. Our Manager says it smells fishy and is not
> inclined to send any information. Anyone else see strange requests like
> this?
>
>
>
> Jerod Getz
>
> Assistant Chief Engineer, MCO Supervisor
>
> VTN® *Your Arkansas Christian Connection*
>
> KVTN-DT Little Rock | KVTH-DT Hot Springs | KVTJ-DT Jonesboro/Memphis
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