[TIPSdiscussion] For CT Residents --- [Fwd: [discussion] Amber Alert Test]

FYI in CT
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Subject: [discussion] Amber Alert Test
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:05:55 -0500
From: Pete Kemp <radioguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Connecticut Stations to Test Amber Alert

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable,11/13/2008

Connecticut broadcasters will hold a coordinated state-wide test next
week, but not in preparation for the digital-TV transition. Instead,
on Nov. 17 in coordination with the state's Department of Public
Safety, Department of Transportation, police, and the Outdoor
Advertising Association, Connecticut TV and radio stations will test
their Amber Alert systems for locating lost or abducted children.

According to the Connecticut Association of Broadcasters, the test is
needed because stations in the state have adjusted their Emergency
Alert systems to immediately pass thru the alert messages, in the
form of screen crawls and/or audio.

Since its inception in 1996, following the abduction and murder of
9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, TX, the alert has aided in
the recovery of 426 children.


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