[EAS] FCC NPRM on improving EAS just issued

[Mike McCarthy]

With all due respect Don, have you lived through not one, but several
false EAN's either with no EAT's or extended takeover where you needed to
physically power down or bypass the EAS box to get your station(s) back?
My stations have.

While the most recent event didn't impact any of my stations, the most
recent was the station which played a year old EAN and took over a good
part of a region extending into several adjoining states. That event
showed a significant flaw in the EAN verification and the manner in which
the Julian date scheme is and is not employed in EAS.

When a false message of significance goes out automatically on your
station(s), get back with me on your thoughts concerning positive message
verification measures....

Cheers....

MM

On Wed, February 3, 2016 8:35 am, Don  Heppelmann wrote:
> Broadcasters need to be a bit more accepting and configure their box to
> "auto-forward". It's time for broadcasters to quite focusing on what is
> inappropriate, and let the system automatically pass along the emergency
> public information post haste.
>
> Don Heppelmann