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

[Clay Freinwald]

The issues here are - 

> A new grand and glorious public warning system would be nice - A super
transmission system would be set up and every citizen would receive a device
that would enable them to receive any and all warnings (of course they could
opt out or throw it away) 

> Beef up what we have via regulatory reform

Let the final cost of both determine the winner

Clay

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