[BC] EAS on HD

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:56 AM 12/7/2006, Robert Reymont wrote: -------

>HD Radio Multicasts Must Carry EAS on Dec. 31.  As a reminder,  with 
>the coming of the new year comes an EAS requirement of which many FM 
>stations may not be aware. In FCC EB Docket 04-296, the FCC ruled 
>that emergency messaging capabilities must be added to the newer 
>digital transmission technologies such as HDTV, HD Radio and satellite radio.
>
>For radio stations transmitting a digital signal, compliance with 
>this rule is already in place on the main channel because the FCC 
>rules require the analog and digital main channels to carry the same 
>programming. However, stations transmitting a multicast program 
>(HD2, HD3, etc.) may not have an in-place method of transmitting EAS messages.

If the ruling applies to satellite radio which alerts are they 
required to transmit? Since each receiver has a unique activation 
number, is audio addressability already built in? Very few markets 
have terrestrial repeaters.

Rich


Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-454-3258