[EAS] Program Audio mixed with EAS

[Barry Mishkind]

At 12:43 PM 10/2/2017, Sean Donelan wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, Gary Timm wrote:
>>I believe this issue of EAS alert mixing with TV program audio has come up before on the list, and the theory at that time was that the TV station was only interrupting the left+right channels, or only center channel, but other 5.1 channels still have program audio on them, so the effect on the air is the mixing 
>
>Cable systems have been dealing with the complexity of their middleware for years.  TV and radio systems are also getting more complex.  Its not a simple mono/stereo analog audio channel with a simple switch anymore.

        That is quite true.

>Its also important to listen/view the actual on-air transmission. Computer logs may look ok, but computers don't always show reality.

        That is unfortunately, more than true.
        Far too many "HD" stations do not bother to 
        listen off air any more...

        Aside from NPT, etc, the most complaints are
        audio quality - which can be handled
        if stations work together. Few have really
        gotten into the IPAWS first issue - aside
        from some Spanish stations. So, it took
        only two years for us to realize that 
        without careful IT cooperation, stations
        are often unable to get Spanish if they
        want to, even if the FCC gets off its
        butt and fixed "immediately."