NWS warnings issued left and right this morning. It takes the FM into silence. Beth explains they can hear the warnings in the studio, and those streaming can hear it as well, but not on the FM side. And wouldn't the AM side be required to carry those as well? They stayed with the 60's music loop.
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- Thread starter TV Guy that still loves radio
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I went to an emergency prep meeting and one of the things on the list of items to stock was an AM/FM radio. One list specifically said AM. And I started thinking. If I had to rely on a station for emergency information, which one would it be. Not an issue when i was in LA. Here in Albuquerque, I was hard pressed to come up with an answer. There might be one out of all the stations, but I have my doubts.
Did the NWS activate the EAS? Assuming your NOT an "input" station your EAS system is activated by who you monitor. You should have a "log" of both stations' EAS tones received. For there to be silence on the FM, did EAS box not "release" the station back to you? When you compare the AM an FM EAS logs you might discover one or both EAS boxes might have an issue.
Personally I never really trusted the EAS system but without it you would actually have to have a human at the station.
Personally I never really trusted the EAS system but without it you would actually have to have a human at the station.
@TV Guy that still loves radio You forgot to mention which stations you're talking about.
One of the hardest things I ever had to do on-air, was announce a Tornado Warning for our neck of the woods, since our EAS wasn't properly working at the time. I just repeated what the NWS radio said, but it was still pretty hard to do, given the situation.
No we don't, because the first post didn't say which ones.
It was assumed, given the text and context of the post, including forum placement.
No, radiofan is right, should have been more clear. Yes, those of us in the market know, but those who browse through wouldn't. I'll adjust.
They did activate it - numerous times. Screech would be low, then tone (low) then nothing.
Sorry, I assumed, my mistake. I also didn't mean to derail the thread with said assumption. My attitude was wrong, as well, smart alecky and for that, I apologize, too. Back to the subject at hand. The EAS should have sounded over the air on both stations. Is 1110 still the go-to station for EASes in the area? Don't know the official termonology and yes Firefox, I do believe that's a word. Our station was WPCM, Burlington at 101.1, dunno what said go-to is for there, now.
K.M. Richards
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KKOB. Which everyone in the market already knows is the news station.
Now, given KKOB's current transmitter issues, has the EAS named a fallback station if KKOB was unable to perform its EAS function? No, I didn't think so.
No. Broadcasters are not required to relay weather warnings via the EAS.
They could have, but unfortunately, nobody's there. Somebody may have answered this and I haven't seen it yet. Is 1110 still the EAS station for that area?
Huh? I'm confused, which doesn't take much, I know. By broadcasters, do you mean the announcers or the stations?
No, stations are not required to relay local/state severe weather warnings sent by EAS.
If you are referring to 1110 or any directional AM, I believe the remote control system should have detected a phasing issue that bad. The "sample" would be out of tolerance and most likely several other readings.
On a FM, the EAS box use to be wired in directly before the STL or before the audio processing chain (or box) if transmitter and tower are on site. The box is supposed to interrupt programming automatically. All switching is done by the EAS box. You don't have any "control" over the EAS. If the National Weather Service, Police, three or four letter Government agencies wants to make an announcement it will go out you have no choice to air unless you turn off the transmitter.