[EAS] Cybersecurity for broadcast stations

[Barry Mishkind]

It was the "perfect storm"

        1. Because it was an HD station, the board op only
                listened to "line" - never knew there was silence.
        2. There was a mod sciences box at the transmitter.
                However, under HD use, it never drops
                below 26% modulation. So, the silent sense
                never kicked in. 
        3. There *was* a rudimentary silent sense in the
                studio .. on the console.  After the event,
                it was moved to an off-air receiver. 

        At 09:01 PM 4/7/2016, Clay Freinwald wrote:

>        IT was not until 10AM   ... 10 AM ... that someone
>        called and asked "will you be on the air today?"
>
>        No one had paid any attention to this station, 
>        not the PD, not the GM, not the SM, not the
>        rest of the staff.... 
>
>This is why silence sensors must be programmed to 
>Call all these folks.   Chances are good that it does not 
>Call the Engineer because he is a contract guy that would 
>'charge' for responding to 'cockpit trouble'
>
>Welcome to radio today  :-(
>
>Clay Freinwald
>
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Barry Mishkind - Tucson, AZ - 520-296-3797