[BC] EAS Screwup

[Bill Croghan]

Larry, 	With your permission, I'll forward your message to Tracy Teagarden,
the local Infinity Chief Engineer.  He has been one of the most
conscientious of the EAS people, which is one of the reasons we keep his
107.5 as the LP1. 
	I've bitched about the 100.5 overmod and he has promised he will do
something about it as soon as he can.
Bill


>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
>bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of lfuss2 at cox.net
>Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:20 PM
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>Subject: Re: [BC] EAS Screwup
>
>>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
>
>
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