[EAS] New EAS NPRM now posted on the EAS Forum Website

[Kelly D. Alford]

Clay,

In spite of those like yourself, who clearly really do care by spending countless hours of your own personal time in an attempt to evangelize the and clean-up inherent technology and workflow issues with CAP and EAS, even you have to admit that some participating stations and governmental organizations located in Washington State still suffer from apathy, lack of training or interest and yes I'll say it, even incompetence.   The inherent sketchy technology and aforementioned people-related-workflow issues, continue to soil the overall reputation of EAS for anything other than what the U.S. Govt. mandates (which you articulated well).  The question you posed was to paraphrase; 'why aren't more stations or organizations more active in using CAP and EAS from a programming perspective?'  I forwarded my opinions related to the question; it's too complicated and it requires reliance on some who may be not as invested in the plan, jeopardizing the overall quality of service.

Looking up the food chain, station owners nor programmers probably differentiate the roles between CAP and EAS, let alone whatever individual state involvement, when it comes to nationwide bad publicity from blunders like the zombie apocalypse or national testing follies.  They just know, and unfortunately so do their viewers and listeners, a system that we're required to have operational under a federal mandate is, for whatever reason, often ineffective and unreliable.

Best,

Kelly

Kelly D. Alford
General Manager of Production and Operations
Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc.
Springfield, VA 22153