[EAS] [BC] What's the point of LP-1s anymore?

[Botterell, Arthur@CalOES]

I'm afraid you've cut to the heart of it, Clay.  For whatever reasons the broadcasters are no longer seen as reliable local partners.  That's why I think we need to start thinking about a National Warning Grid that can include whoever wants to be included, but without breaking if someone chooses otherwise.

Just as an example, the current AWARN marketing initiative for ATSC 3 TV is trying to sell past this concern with vivid demos and promises, but the underlying problem remains.  Corporate media show no strategic interest in public warning, now that it's no longer seen as part of the quid-pro-quo of their licenses, and so a yawning gap has opened between what technology can do and what warning programs can get done.  I see no way to break through, and so I'm looking for ways around.

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Clay Freinwald

Following on Mike's recommendation to KISS - There is something to be said for Point-Multi-Point Distribution ...Especially knowing there are millions of battery powered vehicular receivers out there.

The biggest issue, IMHO, is not with the Daisy Chain etc...But it is with Broadcasters and certainly FCC classifications (Translators, Satellite Fed stations etc) that are able to ignore anything except Federal level
warnings.    Unfortunately there are very powerful factions that are deathly
opposed to making the distribution of life saving warnings mandatory.
State and Local emergency managers know well that EAS may not air their
warnings.    This is a very sad state of affairs that should be changed.

Clay