[EAS] Fwd: [ChicagolandSkywarn] WEA Enabled Phones to Receive Emergency Messages

[Clay Freinwald]

OK...So I have a cell phone with an FM Radio in it.....In this market we
have about 30 FM signals...How am I going to know which station will have
emergency information for my location?
By the time I tuned through the band the one or two stations that -might -
break programming to air it was have already done so.

I can understand the advantage of having FM in cell phones, however, there
is a lot more work to  be done to make this a viable means of providing
citizens with emergency information.
Perhaps it would have been smarter to have them able to receive NWR.   At
least they won't be ignoring life-saving messages so they can play the hits.

Clay Freinwald

This confirms what I have long believed: The majority of cell carriers will
not do anything in the public interest unless they're dragged into it
kicking and screaming. More justification for FM in phones.