[BC] EAS in SoCal

[Larry Fuss]

Jerry is right.  This is b.s.  In American Samoa, we were getting pressure
to air the EAS tests in Samoan as well as English.  Never mind the fact that
everyone speaks English as well.  After resisting it for a while, I finally
said "ok, get me a translation done."  Three different people came up the
three different versions of how the monthly test script should be done in
Samoan and none of them could agree on the translation.  Screw it, I'm
sticking to English.

Larry Fuss



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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Mathis
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:43 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] EAS in SoCal


This may sound callous, but frankly, I don't care. If you want to live in
the US of A, then learn to speak the language. If you're an illegal alien, I
don't care if you hear the message or not.

All we need is some political activist group to bring this to everyone's
attention, and the next thing you know, we'll be having to send bilingual
EAS messages. EAS takes enough of my time as it is, I don't need more
requirements to deal with.

Jerry Mathis


On 10/25/07, Reader <reader at oldradio.com> wrote:
>
> From Inside Radio:
>
> San Diego's EAS is activated - but for some listeners, it was no help.
>
> When San Diego's EAS fired up Sunday night as the wildfires spread, 
> the signal from primary station KOGO was heard across all market 
> stations. Univision typically follows EAS with translations, but it 
> was Sunday night and there was no bilingual staff on duty at 
> Univision's cluster. So nobody could translate the message to the 
> market's Spanish-speaking listeners.
>
>
>
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