[EAS] EAS on Internet Streams

[Lowell Kiesow]

By the way, this is not meant to be a criticism of NPR.  They have 
done the best they can to bolster EAS with the limited resources 
available to them.  They did this voluntarily and I salute them for 
doing it.  Even with the limitations, their system of distribution is 
probably more robust than what delivers EANs to the rest of the country.

At 08:02 AM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
>True, NPR has been feeding EAS to affiliates since since
>1997.  Washington, and some other states, have integrated into the
>EAS web.  However, it is not sent over the equipment used for program
>distribution.  It is sent over a back channel that uses
>un-repairable, un-replaceable satellite receivers.  If my receiver
>were to die, the only recourse I have is to try and buy a functional
>one on ebay.  It would be nice if there was funding for NPR to do
>this over a system that has modern, reliable equipment.  It is a
>valuable service and should be treated as such.
>
>Not only that, but NPR does not have a direct connection to
>FEMA.  They rely on receiving the PEP station for the DC area.  If
>that one station goes down, no EAS via NPR.
>
>At 06:39 AM 8/3/2011, you wrote:
> >NPR feeds EAS to connected Stations.
> >
> >Robin Cross
> >Chief Engineer KCUR
> >816-235-2880 W
> >816-235-2865 Fax
> >816-235-1551 Receptionist
> >
> >Barry Mishkind wrote:
> >
> >At 03:34 PM 8/2/2011, Clay Freinwald wrote:
> >
> > >Another item - Many people on this list are whining about stations not
> > >having Internet connections at some stations...No problem solved there.
> >
> >         Perhaps this is hopeless hoping.... but if FEMA
> >         could be enticed to feed a transponder on
> >         one or more of the programming satellites,
> >         this problem would be gone....
> >
>
>          Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
>          KPLU 88.5, KVIX 89.3, KPLI 90.1
>          www.kplu.org  www.jazz24.org
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         Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
         KPLU 88.5, KVIX 89.3, KPLI 90.1
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