[EAS] Single point entry of CAP messages

Alex Hartman goober at goobe.net
Wed May 18 22:12:53 CDT 2011


If he does work in the TV industry, why does every TV/Cable station
bury their EAS test at 1am?  (I know the answer, really...)

I've lived in many states and it never fails, the EAS test the cable
company or OTA station does, 12:30/1am every week. If EAS actually
benefited TV, you'd think they'd use it more, wouldn't you? I have YET
to see an EAS activation on TV for anything other than... hell, i've
NEVER seen it activated on it's own. The local stations break in with
a newscast for tornadoes or severe weather, but if it's an AMBER
alert, you don't hear about it until the evening news, defeats the
purpose, doesn't it?

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Alex Hartman



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