[EAS] FCC NPRM on improving EAS just issued

[Ed Czarnecki]

Which is why moving alert transport into an ATSC data stream makes a lot of
sense - a non-invasive, station-to-station distribution relay can be
created, potentially at equipment costs less that that silly Nintendo Wii I
bought the kids for Christmas.  Not the thousands of dollars per site that
the two solutions mentioned by the FCC in the NPRM.  We did this 10 years
ago during a nationwide FEMA pilot (heck Don, you probably still have that
old ETAC documentation laying around).

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Don Heppelmann

Ed,

I think if future operational workflow can provide an off-line non-invasive,
always auto-forward method for distribution relay, then OK great, bring it
on. I believe it's the current on-line disruption of programming, not