[EAS] EAN redux - FEMA

[Dave Kline]

By the time such a call to action would occur on EAS, it's probably too late.
Determining that an EAN was a "hoax" when it originated from a legitimate source, seems the stuff of Monday Morning Quarterbacks.

Assuming the alert came through the legacy pipe, wouldn't hitting plates off have the same effect as pulling the plug on the EAS box? As in no EOM sent to downstream stations?
OTOH, a presidential EAN likely would come down via CAP/IPAWS. Stations would also get their EOM from the same source.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:06 AM Steve Schoon <sschoon at iowapublicradio.org> wrote:
>IANAL, but I would think that 73.1217, the rule about broadcast hoaxes, would give us the responsibility to pull the plug if a bogus "Storm the statehouse" EAN came through.

>Barring that, there's also the option of hitting Plate Off.

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