A deserved punishment for KWVE?
The reality is that EAS does not really work as well as it was intended. Editor Chriss Scherer does not believe any broadcast station should ever, as part of a standard plan, originate an alert.
Field Report: Trilithic Easy Cast
While important, EAS can be tricky. The EASyCAST encoder/decoder from Trilithic has taken away most if not all of the potential EAS headaches.
Spectrarep's Czarnecki Elected to EAS-CAP Board
The EAS-CAP Industry Group is a broad coalition of equipment, software and service providers to the Emergency Alert System.
PA Public Safety Radio Network Demos for First Responders
Conference attendees learn how the PA-Starnet system was used during the G-20 Summit.
Sage/Ibiquity/Spectrarep Propose Advanced EAS for HD Radio - Any Takers?
The plan envisions a range of devices with embedded HD Radio technology, including digital AM/FM radios, personal media devices and cell phones, personal computers, and other communication channels.
Spectrarep, Ibiquity, Sage Partner on Emergency Alert Capabilities for HD Radio
The efforts combines ibiquity's expertise in digital radio, Spectrarep's technologies for emergency notification and public safety information, and Sage's experience with EAS.
Field Report: Intrinsic Net Studio Hawk
Several versions of the Hawk and now the Studio Hawk have been an indispensible safety net for our operations in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa for several years now. I feel comfortable enough to "disengage" from constant monitoring knowing the Studio Hawk will alert me the minute any one of our stations has an audio problem.
OASIS Commenting on CAP Ends May 2
This is a chance for broadcasters to provide input into the Common Alerting Protocol standard that will likely be adopted by FEMA for the next generation of EAS.
Sage Ships Digital Endec
The new unit was designed to keep up with the changes in digital broadcasting and additions to EAS, including the Common Alert Protocol (CAP).
Kudos on EAS
Several readers share their views on the method and status of updating the emergency alert system.
FEMA Announces Intention to Adopt CAP
The plan is to adopt the protocol during the first quarter of calendar year 2009.
The next step in EAS
The FCC has an open rulemaking to update one aspect of public warning: the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The current EAS has been in use for more than 15 years, and by itself, it is an improvement over the EBS, but it still has shortcomings.
FCC Releases 2007 EAS Handbooks
The FCC has updated the EAS Handbooks for participating stations. The new handbooks, which stations are required to post at control points, have been updated for satellite radio and TV, and digital radio services.
Future Digital Emergecy Alert System Demo Comes to International Emergency Management Conference
Four emergency warning companies will demonstrate how their systems work together to create a next-generation integrated public alert system.
Alert FM Transmits NOAA and FEMA Alerts via Commercial Signal
Targeted alerts and messages are delivered by satellite to FM facilities and can be received on Alert FM receivers and other mobile devices.
A FAQ on CAP
The mid-July 2007 further notice of proposed rulemaking from the FCC concerning EAS has begun the process of bringing the system into the 21st Century. However, the FCC action raises more questions than it answers.
FCC launches EAS makeover
The new EAS rules are designed to facilitate delivery of emergency information across a variety of platforms in a digital format and to provide improved access for disabled persons. The change likely to have the greatest impact on broadcasters is the FCC's adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) for all EAS participants.
FCC Releases Second R&O on EAS
According to a release from the FCC, the order promotes the development of fully digital next generation technologies and delivery systems that will better serve the American public.
Broadcast Electronics Develops EAS Text Messagecasting
Broadcast Electronics Develops EAS Text Messagecasting
Mississippi Stations Find New Way to Send Emergency Alerts
With help from the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security, 30 Mississippi radio stations have installed Global Security Systems' First Alert System to deliver emergency alerts and enhanced RDS data to first responders and listeners.
Emergency Radio
Newer RBDS and satellite-based alerting systems offer the advantage of targeted messaging.
TDM Data Solutions EAScriber Pro
Weather warnings have been pouring into the studios all night about as fast as the falling rain outside. The air staff braces for another round of storms
Shaping radio today and tomorrow
Remembering an EBS incident.
EAS Manufacturers' Upgrade Information
Information about firmware updates for EAS units following the FCC Report and Order and subsequent AMBER additions.
The changes to EAS
What is covered by the latest changes to EAS? The simple answer is a time extension and new event codes, but what does this mean?
