[EAS] EAS and CMAS

[Lowell Kiesow]

I haven't had the pleasure of testing a cell phone with FM built in.  But, my educated guess that none of have useable reception unless headphones or earbuds are plugged into them.  Why?  Because physics dictates that an effective antenna for VHF frequencies can't be built into something the size of a cell phone.  How many people keep earbuds handy at all times?  I know I don't and I don't know anyone that does.  FM in cellphones would be nice, but claiming it to be essential for emergenies is a non-starter because it simply won't function for most people.
 
Many stations have apps available to play their web streams on smartphones.  Mine does.  I don't need FM reception to hear any of the news radio stations on my phone.
 
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Adrienne Abbott <nevadaeas at charter.net> wrote:
>Why do we put up with this? We broadcasters don't have to live this way, yet
>as an industry, we seem more than willing to continually lie down and let
>the government roll over us. The rest of the world gets radio and television
>on their cell phones, but we let the government, supposedly under the
>influence of the same cell phone industry that provides radio and television
>capability in their products to the rest of the world, tell us "not here".
>We also let the same government take away OTA television while continuing to
>burden us with more and more regulations and higher and higher fees. Why?

>BTW, this is the same government that doesn't want to have a working policy
>for Public Warning, thus creating more people who need federal assistance
>after a disaster. But are we doing anything about it? It seems our media can
>bring down large corporations and evil banks, influence elections and make
>blockbuster movies out of pure drivel. You'd think the least we could do
>would be to create a public demand for radio and TV on our cell phones...how
>hard can it be people? We've got to start talking to the staff in our
>newsrooms.

>Adrienne Abbott
>Nevada EAS Chair

>-----Original Message-----

>>From the mouths of babes.....  It took my 9 year old to point out the irony
>of using CMAS to say "Check the media" on the very phones that the cellular
>industry seems reluctant to put radio chips in.

>Tim Schall

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