[EAS] Why do TV stations cheat on NPT?

[Sean Donelan]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021, IPAWS wrote:
> Reviewing that clip I suspect that it may have been a planned, 
> lawyer-driven solution to what appear to be conflicting Commission Rules 
> regarding EAS and accessibility. Video service providers are stuck 
> between Commission Rules driven by the 21st Century Communications and 
> Video Accessibility Act and technological limitations of basic EAS as 
> described in Part 11 which what was tested on August 11th.

For broadcasters its more work to make a "fake" EAS than a real one.

I know YouTubers make lots of fake EAS, and I double check if the header 
matches the an alleged source in the youtube recording. But broadcasters 
have the EAS equipment to generate real EAS.

In 2019, KCWX TV2 did the same "fake" EAS.  In 2018, KCWX TV2 is missing 
the text crawl.  It looks like something wonky is going on at KCWX.

As I said before, there isn't a penalty for a failed EAS test.  You just 
have to correctly log the failure in the station logs, and 
investigate/repair.  Putting false statements in the station log or filed 
Form 1, 2 and 3 -- that's a different level of lawyering.

I would love to see the Forms 1, 2 and 3 filed in 2018, 2019 and 2021.