[EAS] Cable TV Problems

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:10 AM 12/1/2011, David Ostmo wrote:

>The bottom line is this:  The viewing public is not being served when 
>they are unable to see the local news channels because they are getting 
>covered by cable generated EAS crawls.  An entire generation of cable 
>distribution equipment was released without that capability.  

        David ... a dumb question from a radio guy:
        Is it possible for the cable system to force tune
        everyone to a local channel and then leave the
        video/audio alone, except for a crawl?