[BC] The point of EAS?

[Broadcast List USER]

The same is true for the broadcast stations' systems from the studio  
to the transmitter to the antenna, and those receivers.

--chip

On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:21 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 33
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:20:46 -0400
> From: Sid Schweiger <sid at wrko.com>
> Subject: Re: [BC] The point of EAS?
>
> "The official way to notify the public of a nuclear attack is no  
> longer
> EAS, but NOAA Weather Radio.  Why?  People actually have NOAA weather
> radios with SAME decoders."
>
> ...assuming the radio's innards and the NOAA transmitters haven't  
> been fried to a crisp by the EMP that accompanies a nuclear explosion.
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom New England
> 20 Guest St / 3d Floor
> Brighton MA  02135-2040