[EAS] IMPORTANT - FCC notice concerning rebroadcast of national test

[suzanne at mab.org]

Please make sure you distribute this to news departments, radio program directors, etc.  The official FCC notice is at  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1108/DA-11-1867A1.pdf  but I have copied-and-pasted it below for rapid delivery.
 
DA 11-1867
November 8, 2011
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU REMINDS
MEDIA OUTLETS AND EAS PARTICIPANTS THAT BROADCAST
OF EAS TONES AND ATTENTION SIGNAL IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT DURING
AUTHORIZED EAS ACTIVATIONS, INCLUDING TESTS
 
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reminds all media outlets not to rebroadcast the
EAS tones and/or attention signal in news or other stories about the Nationwide EAS Test scheduled for
November 9, 2011. Pursuant to section 11.45 of the FCC's rules, "[n]o person may transmit or cause to
transmit the EAS codes or Attention Signal, or a recording or simulation thereof, in any circumstance
other than in an actual National, State or Local Area emergency or authorized test of the EAS." 47 C.F.R.
§ 11.45. Any rebroadcast of the EAS tones and attention signal not only would violate FCC Rules, but
also would pose a public danger because rebroadcast of the tones could trigger a false alert from EAS
equipment that picks up such a rebroadcast.
 
For further information regarding the Nationwide EAS Test, contact Tom Beers, Chief, Policy
Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-0952 or tom.beers at fcc.gov; or
Gregory Cooke, Associate Chief, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202)
418-2351 or gregory.cooke at fcc.gov.