[BC] The real answer for EAS

[Barry Mishkind]

         I don't remember exactly when it was available,
         but the solution for this has been around for
         over 20 years in Europe. When there is a
         local emergency, the local signal will capture
         every radio for the announcement and then
         return it to the program it was listening to.

         Can you image how many of the problems
         that exist in the current EAS system would
         go away (INCLUDING testing) if one simple
         change were made? Proven technology.

         It's called RDS.

At 05:36 AM 10/9/2009, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>While I agree that stations {{{should}}} relay call to action messages
>(Tornado, Flash FLood, and Tsumami, Evacuation), there is a point of
>diminishing returns and/or excessive congestion. Our stations only relay
>TOR and FFR for the county in which the CoL is located and select adjacent
>counties. But for the really wide coverage stations, it doesn't make sense
>except for their home county and may first adjacent counties.

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