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Why did WLNK report a missing child?

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vchimpanzee

I saw the message on a TV while I was watching something I had recorded. The screen went blank except for the scrolling message about the missing child, and it said "WLNK" at the end.

WLNK is a Hot AC radio station. So what is their connection with reporting missing children?

This is a national question because I'm guessing there is some sort of policy that applies nationwide and there is a different station or stations in each market.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I saw the message on a TV while I was watching something I had recorded. The screen went blank except for the scrolling message about the missing child, and it said "WLNK" at the end.

WLNK is a Hot AC radio station. So what is their connection with reporting missing children?

This is a national question because I'm guessing there is some sort of policy that applies nationwide and there is a different station or stations in each market.
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they are the primary Emergency Alert System station in the Charlotte market, that's why their calls are mentioned in the EAS scroll on your TV as that was a EAS Child Abduction Emergency/Amber Alert that you got in this.

i know in Dallas the primary Emergency Alert System stations in the area are 820 AM WBAP-AM (which is also now simulcasted on 93.3 FM WBAP-FM) as well as 96.3 FM KSCS too. and when i seen EAS alerts on 55 & 47, sometimes they mention WBAP or KSCS' calls instead of the TV Station's calls (for 55 it would be KAZD and for 47 it would be KTXD)
 
vchimpanzee said:
It might have been but I seem to recall it being a different type of alert.

My question is who chose WLNK to send it out.
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As explained above, WLNK is one of the primary EAS stations for the market. Those designations are made by the state EAS coordinator.
 
vchimpanzee said:
It might have been but I seem to recall it being a different type of alert.

My question is who chose WLNK to send it out.
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when it comes to EAS activation of Amber Alerts, they are always known as "Child Abduction Emergency" on the EAS, either on the TV or on the NOAA Weather Radios.
 
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