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

[Lowell Kiesow]

I think you might be mistaken. FCC Part 11 does not give the states
authority to make any alert codes mandatory.

Lowell Kiesow
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM Bob Reite <br at telcen.com> wrote:

> 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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