[EAS] EAS on Internet Streams

[Lowell Kiesow]

You will have a better sounding station if your EAS box is in the 
chain before the processor.  After all, the aural message from EAS 
benefits from processing as much as any other content.  People don't 
listen to tones, they listen to the warning message.  I have been 
told by the head of an FCC field office that the minimum modulation 
requirements of 11.51 are not enforced as they understand that it 
isn't practical with a modern air chain.  Since that is the case, I 
can't think of a good reason to insert EAS after the processor.

In general, the FCC doesn't care and has no authority over what you 
put on your stream.  I think it is good practice to put emergency 
warning on streams.  Most of the stream listeners are local to your 
broadcast area, and they deserve the information just as much as 
someone listening to a radio.

At 02:23 PM 7/22/2011, you wrote:
>Hmmmm.
>I wonder how much of that is accidental?
>I just realized that our stream is feed from an output of the Orban
>which is pre-EAS box.
>Might just be that a lot of folks are set the same way.
>I had spare outs on my Orban and just used that for the stream. Quick
>& convenient.
>But as you suggest, maybe not the best practice.
>
>and speaking of audio interrupts...
>Just the other day I was contemplating commercial inserts on the
>stream over our underwriting.
>Can a non-com do that?
>
>Dave
>
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>Dave Kline   UNO-TV / KVNO
>University of Nebraska at Omaha
>6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE  68182  CPACS 200
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>On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Wayne R. Miller wrote:
>
> >I've noticed that more than a few stations do not feed EAS on their
> >Internet streams.  Is it just me or does this seem strange?
>
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         Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
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