[BC] EAS alert tones in movie preview ad

[Cowboy]

On Tuesday 09 November 2010 09:28:21 am Sid Schweiger wrote:
> Craig Bowman notes:  "The data bursts are not alert tones."

 And Craig and I are on the same page.

 I clearly remember that the "attention signal" was a separate proceeding
 at the time of the original EAS rule making.
 However, I became so disgusted with SAGE personal attacks on me during
 that original EAS proceeding ( and several years after ) that I didn't follow
 the attention signal rule making, nor have I looked it up since.

> 47 CFR §11.45 states:  "No person may transmit or cause to transmit the EAS
> codes or Attention Signal, or a recording or simulation thereof,

 I'd say that "simulation" covers it whether they are actual codes, tones,
 or otherwise, or not !
 It seems to me that any licensee knowingly airing that spot is walking on
 thin ice. One could argue they didn't know the FIRST airing, but thereafter..


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Cowboy