[sbe-eas] FCC Report and Order draft provides time to comply

[Bob Reite]

The PA state plan requires the relay of any Warnings.   So during the 
Summertime a lot of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings go out.  Watches are 
optional and nobody I know sends those, it would be far too annoying.

On 7/24/24 10:25 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> 
> The FCC (NAB, SBE, NCTA, etc) have no recent data about how many 
> broadcasters, cable systems, IPTV, satellite operators actually forward 
> any voluntary EAS codes.
> 
> Amber alerts?  Tornado warnings?  Civil emergency?
> 
> My limited monitoring of EAS in 4 major metro areas over the decades, 
> other than the designated LP-1/LP-2 stations, almost none carried 
> voluntary EAS codes. NPR/PBS and other non-commercial systems carry more 
> than commercial systems, but I doubt it reached 30% of the systems.
> 
> It might vary by state and how active the SECC/State Broadcast 
> Association is.
> 
> More likely, it will lead to more late-night WEA cell phone alerts.  And 
> consumers learning how to disable WEA alerts on their phones.
> 
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024, Lowell Kiesow wrote:
>> States can choose which of the non-mandatory, civil and weather alert 
>> codes
>> to use, and which ones are not for use. And, broadcasters have the 
>> choice of
>> which event codes to relay. That makes adding this new code a minor 
>> thing.
>> The only mandatory event codes are EAN, NPT, RMT, and RWT.
> 
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Robert D. Reite
Telecentral Electronics, Inc.