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Dallas tornado hits KNON studios

Will_H_69_9 said:
...all the DFW TV stations and WBAP did a good job covering the storm...
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There have actually been a number of local and national news reports (Washington Post, USA Today), highly critical of Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS-TV's delay in breaking into the Cowboys-Eagles game for tornado coverage. Given the FCC's high priority on broadcasters covering exactly this kind of emergency, one might think the station will take some heat for this. Was EAS activated and if so, did KXAS-TV's EAS equipment function as required?
 
They were continuous coverage on the app, but AFAIK only went to radar coverage at commercials, but they had crawls on the bottom and the corner of the screen. As to the EAS , i'm not sure. (my weather radio was blowing up, and all other channels were in wall to wall coverage both TV and app)
 
Theater of My Mind said:
There have actually been a number of local and national news reports (Washington Post, USA Today), highly critical of Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS-TV's delay in breaking into the Cowboys-Eagles game for tornado coverage. Given the FCC's high priority on broadcasters covering exactly this kind of emergency, one might think the station will take some heat for this. Was EAS activated and if so, did KXAS-TV's EAS equipment function as required?
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Remember, stations themselves don't activate the EAS. Only the designated government authorities can do that.
 
well, KNON wasn't the only radio station to take a hit from the Tornado, KHYI 95.3 The Range and KXEZ 92.1 The Possum was hit by it too. their studios are based in North Dallas despite 92.1 being based out of Farmersville in Collin County, and 95.3 being based out of Howe in Grayson County.

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/181251/khyi-kxez-sustain-damage-from-dallas-tornado/

also, KXAS has release a statement and apology over their lack of storm coverage on NBC 5 Sunday Night:
https://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/NBC-5-Dallas-Fort-WorthKXAS-Statement-Regarding-Sunday-Oct-20-2019-Weather-Coverage-563578861.html

and yes, WBAP, the primary EAS station in North Texas as well as it's sister station 96.3 KSCS the secondary primary EAS station were activating the EAS for the warnings Sunday Night, and all alerts were delivered by Brad Barton.
 
Dallas NBC-5: Next time a tornado appears during a precious Cowpokes game, at least run an ALERT crawler at the bottom of the screen.
But you didn't - too bad, so stupid in today's weather-conscious world in Tornado Alley.
 
Will is right -WBAP and KSCS both broke in and WBAP was wall to wall for a bit (I'm sorry I was confused, thought we were speaking only KXAS)
 
I wasn't watching the Cowboys game closely, but from my periphery it seemed like channel 5 was breaking in to the game often enough, although if they truly went six minutes without warning with at least something on-screen, that's not good. You'd think they'd have a protocol setup in advance for how they were going to show it. On the ohter hand, if you were still interested in the game you'd have to be pretty stupid to not be using other methods such as a laptop or mobile apps and such to keep track while you enjoy the game. That's on the viewer, not the station. Just my opinion.
 
I see these arguments on the forums all the time -- and here it is again -- that there are so many ways to get weather info that it doesn't matter if [broadcaster being defended] doesn't broadcast it.

The fact is, if I'm watching TV I'm not usually looking at my laptop and tuned into the radio too. And I've been known to set my phone down on the dresser upstairs and forget about it for a while. The FCC wants to see emergency alerts broadcast on every available outlet so that people will have the best chance of getting notified no matter what they're doing. Putting the onus on individuals to be tuned into multiple devices all the time is not a valid argument. Some people focus on one thing at a time and that's the whole point of EAS working across every platform simultaneously. So if the Dallas NBC station prioritized football over tornado warning, I think that's a problem.
 
I guess KNON will be off for a while. Their streaming stopped working, I can't check whether or not the FM is back but hopefully so.

95.3 I am able to tune in online now, haven't tried 92.1.
 
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AnyHuman said:
I guess KNON will be off for a while. Their streaming stopped working, I can't check whether or not the FM is back but hopefully so.
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KNON was back on the air a couple of days after the tornado hit. But they have to find a new location. The building they just moved into was damaged beyond repair, has to be bulldozed. Meanwhile according to what I heard on the Lone Star Dead program Friday night, they are broadcasting from a cinder block scorpion-infested bunker at Cedar Hill near the base of the tower with a stack of salvaged equipment.
 
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At least they're back on, them coming back shows the determination of this community station, even if it's from a Scorpion infested location LOL.
 
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