[EAS] BLU Alert Comments.
Barry Mishkind
barry at oldradio.com
Thu Aug 3 13:14:36 CDT 2017
At 11:02 AM 8/3/2017, Sean Donelan wrote:
>Since many EAS Amber Alert activations don't include any actual information, I'm surprised its as high as it is. In many cases the 90-character WEA message has more details than the EAS message. News
>reports fill in the rest of the information after the EAS alert.
That is because EAS is not just the duck farts and noisy
vocal from the Sheriff. THere are still stations out there
that will deliver the message from the alert, adding
and emphasising it if it is local enough. Not everyone
is automated - yet!
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