[BC] EAS

[Larry Fuss]

> The issue I REALLY don't understand is, how are they getting away with
not relaying the RMT's? This is an FCC requirement, it's got nothing to do
with the State EAS plan. Who's minding the store?

Nobody, that's the problem.

> It's my understanding, from experience in other states, that stations
VOLUNTEER to become LP's--they are NOT designated as such against their
will. 

Stations that do so need to be willing to adhere to all EAS procedures.
And it should be up to the state chairman to remind every LP1 and LP2 what
their responsibility is.  Like I said, there's no communication in
Mississippi.

> I don't think there is a designated LP-2. 

According to the state plan, the LP-2 for each OA is the MPR station in
that area.  

> In Meridian, one of my stations is ALREADY the LP-1 (WMSO, formerly WJDQ).

You can thank me for that.  When I was there in the 70s, we managed to
become
the CPCS-1 for that area, taking the designation away from WMOX.  Stations
in
the outlying areas couldn't get a clean signal from WMOX at night.  When EAS

came along, WJDQ became the LP-1.  I cranked that big diesel generator on
the
hill many times.  In the old days, the FM studio was right there, along with
the
AM transmitter for WDAL-1330.  (Did you ever wonder why the FM tower had a
ground system?)  When that sucker was running, the whole building vibrated
and 
you could hear the generator on-air.  The news director and I did a marathon
air 
shift in '79 when Hurricane Frederick hit Meridian.  That was fun.

> I've followed this thread all the way, and I know what the others have
told
you. Technically and legally, they are correct IMO: to cover yourself, you
need to follow up on every missed test. 

I finally got tired of calling people who said "uh, I dunno", or "let me get
back to you on that" and then never called back.  I'm no longer wasting my
time
on that.

Perhaps it was before your time, but the most famous EAS screw-up was when
WMSI
sent a RMT along with a 30-second spot for a dry cleaner in Jackson.  Since
it
was a RMT, it was relayed statewide, at least on those stations that had
auto-
forwarding turned on.  EAS in Mississippi has gotten no better since then.

LF