[BC] Another EAS misfire - but it not from broadcasters

[Glen Kippel]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Raper <kj4hyd at gmail.com> wrote:

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>Honestly, EAS was an Idea who's time has past. It does good for Weather Emergencies and should be Voluntary for broadcasters to use it for that, but it is an unneeded burden on Broadcasters  as it is that does not even work as was shown by the National Test, and the CAP test. Let's just get rid if that Albatross and be done with it.

>The FCC Wants to make the rules more simple, getting rid of EAS and Public Files would be good places to start.

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Amen!  Preach it brother!  I always thought EAS/EBS was a waste because not everybody listens to the radio, like at 3 a.m.  Hey, I remember when most stations signed off at midnight, if not 10 p.m.  I guess that makes me old.  And I'm not even listening to a radio now.  But if a tornado is heading to your town in the middle of the night, how is EAS going to help anybody?  And what good is a presidential message going to do if missiles are going to arrive in 15 minutes?  Or if Hezbollah terrorists, arriving by way of Mexico, set off a dirty truck bomb in the middle of your city?  Yeah, EAS has some uses, but it shouldn't be the only game in town.