[SBE] EAS issue

[Jeremy Morris]

It's a city gov, so it is a PEG.  There is nothing in any of the current
franchise agreements regarding EAS, as in who broadcasts what.  The city
wants to be able, from a signage standpoint, to broadcast traffic, police,
and fire alerts on their channel only since the cable companies feed other
locals as well.  It's been a few years since I delt with EAS directly so
this was helpful.  Thanks.

Jeremy

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Gary Blievernicht <Garyb at wkar.org> wrote:


> By "local gov't cable-only" do you mean a Public-Educational-Governmental

> (PEG) channel on a commercial cable system?

>

> If so, it is the responsibility of the Cable system to provide EAS alerts

> on all of their channels, which would include the PEG channels.

> (requirements of cable systems vary based on size of the system)

>

> There may be a separate emergency alert announcement system incorporated

> into a franchise agreement, but that is not "EAS"

>

> There is no provision in the current EAS for RSS feeds, and we'll have to

> wait a while longer to see what FEMA comes up with CAP.  Seems that the RSS

> feed, if FEMA/CAP compliant, might be able to feed into such a system.  That

> would seem to be something for local and/or state emergency communications

> committees to address.

>

> Depending on state laws, the local franchise authority might be able to get

> the local cable systems to implement something non-EAS that would have the

> RSS feeds you mention, but I expect there would be a strong push-back for a

> unique solution.  Even then, the announcements would only be available to

> viewers watching cable.

>

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