[EAS] FCC NPRM on improving EAS just issued

[Mike McCarthy]

This is where the virtual Red Envelope proposal for the EAN comes into the
picture for EAN/EAT, and other compulsory messages----Validation.

To parallel a comment made by our GM years ago about airing the wrong or
inappropriate content on a station, "It's better to have dead air than
inappropriate content on the air."

Not airing an alert is better than airing one which is false. It is not
particularly difficult to follow-up the missed alert on the air live. It
is exceedingly difficult to counter a false alert once it's out since the
"bell has been rung." BTDT....

MM

On Wed, February 3, 2016 2:24 am, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> 2. Overly strict validation checks hurt interoperability (false negative
> not re-transmitting a valid alert)