What About Low(er) Tech Solutions?
As I read about the hand-wringing about reverse 911 failures, EAS failures and the like, I am struck by the fact that no …
Written by Chris Hays on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
As I read about the hand-wringing about reverse 911 failures, EAS failures and the like, I am struck by the fact that no …
Written by Ed Czarnecki on . Posted in FCC Rules & Regulations.
[December 2018] The FCC’s December meeting resulted in two new additions to the EAS framework. Ed Czarnecki explains what this means for stations.…
Written by Donna Halper on . Posted in Broadcast History.
[December 2018] In Part 1 of this article, Donna discussed the origins of call-in talk, the technological challenges early talk shows faced, and …
Written by Ted Buehner on . Posted in Site Operations.
[December 2018] A fair amount of what broadcasters do is determined by the weather. Especially on mountain sites, weather may either allow or …
Written by James Potter on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
Barry posted an article by Richard Rubman titled: ‘EAS Alert / CA Fire Sparks Key Discussions.’ The piece is well-written and researched, and …
Written by Clay Freinwald on . Posted in Maintenance Shift.
[December 2018] In an era when many transmitter sites are visited infrequently, most good radio engineers pay close attention to operating parameters. When …
Written by Hank Landsberg on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
Re: the recent failure of EAS and cellphone/text evacuation warnings during the Paradise fire in California: About 10 years ago, I built a …
Written by Gary Smith on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
As a participating station, each station is authorized to originate an EAS alert at their discretion. The FCC Rules permit this and will …
Written by Rod Zeigler on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
While the body of the article does bring up an important point, the solutions are well outside the purview of broadcasters, the FCC, …
Written by Mark Miller on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
[Editor’s Note: Reports from the recent California fires indicate that government agencies apparently chose to ignore EAS in favor or “opt-in” reverse 911 …