It could be just me, but I heard a brief click from KERA-FM just as I was tuning out of the station yesterday morning. I know from experience that these are usually–but not always–followed by the station's RWTs that are required by law. Now, I don't recall the station ever doing one this early in the morning outside the even-month monthly tests that the station has no control of. I tried contacting the station multiple times yesterday, but as of midday Tuesday haven't heard back from them. Did anyone in this forum tune in to 90.1 KERA during the seven o'clock newscast yesterday and hear them conduct an EAS test afterwards? I'm sorry in advance if this is a bit off topic for this forum, but I want to put this mystery to rest as quickly as possible.
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Did anyone hear an EAS test on KERA 90.1 Monday morning?
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An RWT can air anytime of the day, on any day of the week as long as it's random. I believe that is the rule, and if you heard one at an unusual time, that means they are following it
Generally, the state associations that shcedule these do them in the morning one week, in the evening the next week.. rinse and repeat.
You dont have to air an RWT, only the RMT's and some civil authority stuff but some stations air it all.
You needn’t forward a RWT you receive from a source you monitor, but you do have to originate your own RWT once a week, at random times. Unless KERA is a class D FM (and it’s not), they must do the RWT.
And they must also forward the monthly RMT that comes in via IPAWS or off-air monitoring of the designated LP-1 or LP-2.
I’ve never heard of a state broadcasters association getting involved in telling a station when to run an RWT.
In New York, the state association comes up with the local monitoring assignments for each region in the state. It’s often the local LP-1 and LP-2 stations in each region that suggest a schedule for the monthly tests, following the part 11 requirements. That’s how the NYC operational area handles RMTs. Essentially the requirement is for the odd-month RMT to be a daytime test, and the even-month RMT to be a nighttime/overnight event.
Our EAS was set up when we were a Class B AM by those who know more than me.. i was trying to recall what i was told quite a few years ago.
When i was in south carolina and had to set up an EAs, i had to call the state broadcast association to see who the EAS chair was.
our EAS source here is monitored off the satellite 250 miles away.
Who's listed as your chief operator? If it's you, you shouldn't be guessing at the rules.
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