[EAS] Activity at the FCC

[Richard Rudman]

There will be advantages for radio with CAP, but it will take time to get them up and running.

1. Attached MP3 audio files so we can:
	a. Air better audio
	b. In English and other languages
	c . Download attached audio files into automation systems or manually play them back
2. CAP information can be used by future radios and consumer devices with embedded radios to:
	a. Remember alerts for playback if your radio is turned off
	b. Wake you up if you so choose when an EAS event happens even if your radio is off
	c. Trigger flashing warnings for hearing impaired people
	d. Use GPS to automatically give you EAS events for where you are
3. Future radios and devices with embedded radios with screen displays can use CAP info to:
	a. View attached photos for AMBER Alerts
	b. Display enhanced warning information for hearing impaired people

I'll be other people can think of other benefits, and there will be some benefits for radio as this unfolds that we cannot predict.

Richard Rudman
	
	

On Jan 23, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Tom wrote:

> OK; using the text message to feed a CG; transmitting a child's 
> picture... these are great for TV and cable...  but where's the 
> advantages to *radio*?  And this still doesn't address one of the major 
> concerns of using the internet as opposed to other, generally vastly 
> more reliable, methods of delivering the message(s) to *radio* 
> stations.  I believe that the CAP is just someone re-inventing the 
> wheel... everything except the IP delivery could have been done by 
> simply upgrading the existing SAME code list; and IP delivery is, as we 
> all know, subject to interruption at any time even absent an impending 
> disaster.
>