[EAS] Time to make the LP daisy chain an option

[Dave Kline]

>From Sean Donelan:
"My understanding of the Washington State (and a few other states) is
stations and cable systems must monitor NWS weather radio (or WeatherWire)
directly. Each station makes its own decision what warnings to air
directly from the source.

In those states, the LP isn't expected to relay local weather warnings
to other broadcasters. Yes, that means stations need to buy their own
weather radio and use an additional audio input on their local EAS box."
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No one is required to carry any weather related alerts. (At least according to federal guidelines). State plans may require stations to monitor NWS, but they still cannot require stations to relay anything that isn't an RMT. (NWS has on occasion, originated the statewide RMT in Nebraska.) Those stations that do relay weather related alerts do so out of their own sense of community service. They would most likely air those alerts regardless of state or federal monitoring requirements.

Furthermore, we have determined in this forum and elsewhere that NWS is not, nor should they be apart of the national alerting system. This begs the question:

Why do those states that require NWS as an EAS source do that if we never plan to utilize NWS except at the whim of individual stations (or station groups)?

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