[EAS] 'improving' EAS

[Adrienne Abbott]

But, supporters say one of the benefits of a Live Code Test is to show that EAS equipment is properly programmed to receive and rebroadcast a specific Event Code...if stations are not carrying local activations, what's the point? Is the next step an FCC Order to carry local activations? 

Adrienne

> On Jul 19, 2018, at 5:21 AM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
> 
> Unless there is a tremendous shift in broadcasters relaying EAS messages
> beyond those required by rule, live code testing in general is a moot
> point. Most will never see the airwaves. Those that would be relayed
> ***should*** be for the public benefit, I agree.  EAS is in fact a public
> benefit by it's nature...is it not?