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[Broadcast List USER]

I happen to believe the EAS logs SHOULD be included in the Public  
Inspection File.

Of course, they are not required to be there, so no one should put  
them there, but they SHOULD be required to be there.

My Comcast franchise cannot run EAS at all.  When they had the EAS in  
the Public Inspection File, it was easy to tell and show that the EAS  
was not working properly.

Today, I cannot PROVE it from the Public Inspection File.

If the public could walk in and see non-compliance and let the FCC  
know, it would make a much smaller loop.

I need to buy an EAS decoder to prove non-compliance, and frankly, I  
should not be required to cover that expense in order to prove they  
are not complying with the rules.

--chip

On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:19 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 15
> From: Lotus Engineering <loteng at lvradio.com>
>
> 	 The EAS test records are NOT a required part of the Public  
> Inspection file, and there are other changes that do need to be  
> updated, i.e. letters from the public, etc.  Check "The Public and  
> Broadcasting" booklet,  the latest version of which must be in the  
> PI file.  It is very specific about what must be in the PI file.  AT  
> least one inspector has told me, that if it doesn't have to be in  
> the file, keep it out of the file. This is both from an FCC and good  
> business practices purpose.   There were two revisions of the  
> booklet in 2008, April and July.  The July 2008 is the latest on the  
> FCC web site at; http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/decdoc/public_and_broadcasting.html 
>   and should be in your PI file.
>
> Bill
>
> Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
> Chief Engineer,
> KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD/KWWN/KWID
> Lotus Broadcasting, Las Vegas, NV