[EAS] The way is sounded

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Richard_Rudman wrote:
> No one until today on this list has ever questioned that decision.

It is extremely rare across the entire country to identify an elected 
official by name in the required monthly message.  Several state 
and local EAS areas identify the agency, but the announcer doesn't 
identify themselves by name. I have never heard another EAS area 
in the entire country which identifies an elected official by name
each month, but maybe there are some.

You don't hear Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator identifying 
herself and voicing the weekly National Weather Service test. None of 
the national tests by FEMA have used the voice of an elected official, 
although it intended to be used by the President in an actual emergency.

I understand you wrote the script many years ago. But step back and 
listen to it now. The Los Angeles monthly test tends to sound like a 
political ad every month... "I'm a politician, and I approved this 
message."  Maybe folks in Los Angeles are used to it.

Maybe its just because in the rest of the country, we hear the LA Sheriff 
identify himself by name every month on satellite TV, but don't hear any 
other elected officials on monthly tests on our local radio or TV outlets.

> The good news is that In the last two years LA Sheriffs Communications 
> has made available an audio over IP system for the two LA County LP 
> stations, as well as a part of Los Angeles County unable to receive 
> 39.48  mHz directly.

I don't currently subscribe to satellite TV, so I haven't heard the Los 
Angeles monthly test in a while. I don't know how the satellite provider 
uplink gets its monthly feed from the LA sheriff or LP stations.

I'm glad to hear the sheriff's office has been improving its 
communications systems.