[EAS] "improving" EAS?

[Clay Freinwald]

Dave - 

There is something about human nature that tells a person to avoid things
rather than rush  to help.
We see this all the time - 

For example -  Some, when encountering a wreck, will rush to help the
occupants, put out the fire etc.
Others will not wish to be involved ignore the problem and drive swiftly
away.

Call me strange, mis-directed, stupid (whatever) ...When it comes to EAS I
evaluate it this way...

1 - Is there a benefit to warning people about things that could negatively
impact them?

2- If there is a problem with that system could more good be done by me
being involved and help to eliminate problems?

3- Or should I leave the scene and express to the world my distaste for
motor vehicles and/or stupid drivers?

Life is full of choices.

Clay Freinwald

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

Fine print. "up to 24-hours to report... AFTER IT'S DISCOVERED."
So no. You wouldn't have to check the log each day.
You are required to review the log on a weekly basis.
If during that review, which most likely wouldn't happen until sometime
during the following week, you discover a false alert was sent, then you
have twenty-four hours from that point. Right?

Of course, it is quite unlikely that a false alert would go un-noticed for
that long.

Ring Ring
Hello
Hi, this Joe over at KEAS-FM, did you just send out a missile alert?
OH S***!
Now you have twenty-four hours.

But yeah! I agree with you that the more crap the feds throw on the EAS
pile, the more stations will back away from all but the mandatory alerts.
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Dave Kline
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On Jul 13, 2018, at 7:38 AM, tpt at sevenrangesradio.com wrote:

>A brand new reason why stations may choose not to relay most EAS messages
is being considered by Congress.  From an Inside Radio article this morning:

>"The most significant move is designed to correct some of the flaws in the
system exposed by the false_missile_alert in Hawaii earlier this year. The
FCC adopted an order that gives any EAS participant including any radio and
TV stations up to 24-hours to report to the FCC's operation center after
it's discovered they transmitted or sent a false alert to the public.

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