[EAS] EAS is topic of FCC Dec. 14 meeting—NPRM, NOI on agenda

[Ted Langdell]

EAS is a topic of FCC Dec. 14 meeting--NPRM, NOI on agenda, TV Technology reports:

The Notice_of_Proposed_Rulemaking on the changes to the EAS system would "propose to require use of a predetermined script as the visual message for legacy EAS nationwide tests, and propose to revise the terminology associated with the codes for nationwide tests, in order to improve the clarity of these visual messages displayed to the public for CAP-based nationwide EAS tests," the FCC said. 
It would also "propose to require that stations check for and use the available CAP versions of all State and Local Area alerts(which includes alerts issued by the National Weather Service) instead of the legacy EAS versions, to increase the use of CAP in light of CAP's superior visual messaging capabilities."

The Notice_of_Inquiry would "seek comment on how the legacy EAS architecture can be modified, augmented, or redesigned to enable alert originators to relay visual text that matches their audio message in legacy EAS alerts, as well as to enable more functionality within the EAS as a whole."--TV Technology
Full article:
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fcc-plans-vote-on-improving-accessibility-of-emergency-alerts

Ted

Ted Langdell
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