[EAS] This just in: NCTA has asked FEMA to "postpone" thenational test

[Randall Miller]

>And we have also been told "Too bad--So sad" when it comes to the cost
>of adding new and improved EAS equipment but let now it appears that all
the
>Cable TV industry has to do is complain that something is too expensive or
>too difficult and all the government regulators can't get in line fast
>enough to be the first to halt the problem, just as they caved on the CAP
>requirements for the new Part 11 rules. Definitely a case of favoritism...
>Adrienne

I'm WAY outside of the loop so I may not see this right, but so far all I
see is the cable TV association trying to get the date changed. I haven't
yet seen evidence that FCC nor FEMA are "moved" by the request.

Randall Miller
KOBI-TV, Medford Oregon
rmiller at kobi5.com
541.779.5555