[BC] EAS Screwup

[lfuss2@cox.net]

>We have had over a dozen alerts from Amber to NWS stuff over the
last week.  In all cases except those cited above, the system worked fine.

Bill:

There was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning on Monday night as I was returning 
from stuffing myself at a local buffet (that's why I moved to Las Vegas in 
the first place).  One of the Infinity stations (the one with the really 
lame air talent on 94.1) interrupted programming to air the header, followed 
immediately by the EOM.  There was no accouncement whatsoever.  I quickly 
flipped over to another Infinity station (the one on 100.5 that is terribly 
over-modulated) and heard the entire announcement.  I flipped back and forth 
to see if 94.1 ever said anything about the warning - they did not.

Also, the NOAA audio on 100.5 was terribly distorted.  As I was flipping 
around the dial, I heard the very same announcement on another station (I 
think it was KSNE) and it sounded fine.

The system may work, but if the individual stations don't do things 
properly, then lives could be at stake.  If it had been a really serious 
emergency, listeners to KMXB would have never known about it.

Larry