[EAS] Cable TV Problems

[Alan Kline]

Maybe I could go with this if the "emergency channel" was originated at 
the local NWS forecast office, or state EOC, and the various local 
broadcasters taking turns at staffing and operating it--something like 
the pools the networks use for the White House and other major news 
venues...

On 12/1/2011 3:16 PM, Barry Mishkind wrote:
> At 01:56 PM 12/1/2011, Eric Adler wrote:
>> Why not allow a SINGLE force-tune (not a force-and-hold) to a normally vacant channel (heck, it doesn't even have to be encoded with anything but null packets 90+% of the time)
>
>          That is not a bad idea either.  Or,
>          if no one wants the force tune
>          left on a competitor, rotate the
>          local channels feeding the emergency
>          channel. Everyone gets a chance,
>          and after the emergency, everyone
>          can tune where they want.