[opendtv] Re: Radio, TV, and local news
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:06:10 -0800
Sounds like a failure of the CC stations to properly implement
local/regional EAS, or the EAS originator (usually the county) to properly
test things. Probably both.
When we had the "Cedar Fire" three years ago, the idiots running the EAS
system never activated it. (Now, they use "reverse 911." This was the
third largest fire in California history; fast moving, dangerous (about a
dozen killed) and more than 3,500 homes burnt.
Radio and TV (public, commercial) were Cedar Fire 24/7 for days. Not a peep
from our EAS system.
John Willkie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Mark Schubin
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:44 AM
> To: Open DTV Forum
> Subject: [opendtv] Radio, TV, and local news
>
> There was a story on WNYC radio today that might shed some light on
> where to go for news in an emergency. In 2002, there was a major
> ammonia spill in Minot, North Dakota. According to the story, ALL SIX
> of their commercial radio stations were owned by Clear Channel and
> programmed remotely. Emergency services were unable to get anyone to
> break into the pre-ordained programming with evacuation news. The local
> commercial TV stations (ABC. CBS, Fox, and NBC) all carried emergency
> information.
>
> TTFN,
> Mark
>
>
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