[SBE] The EB vs KWVE

[Bob Reite]

Cowboy wrote:

> On Thursday 19 November 2009 09:19 am, Joshua Smith wrote:

> 

>>  It does bring up an interesting thought though:  For small broadcasters, $5K

>>  is a pretty steep bill to pay for a mistake in a system you can opt out of -

>>  especially in the current economy.

> 

>  Except that you can not opt-out as in "opt out."

>  You can ONLY opt out of the presidential alert, and go off the air instead.

>  You're still subject to testing requirements, which is partly why opting out

>  makes almost zero sense, as even opting in you still have the option to not

>  carry any non-presidential alert.


While you can't opt out of running the tests, you CAN opt out of 
volunteering to be a LP station!