EAS Test

[jal41]

I was listening to B98.5 online....and the test passed with flying colors. Here in Alabama where I moved to last week...no station broadcast it. WVOK-FM in Anniston nor the CableOne system broadcast it. So the system does need work.

 

[BarryATL]

I would have expected the big guys in the large markets to not have any issues. The real problem are the small markets where budgets are tight and things might be maintained as well.

 

[taylorengineer]

My stations featured 6 seconds of duck flatulence and then 30 seconds of midget porn and polka music.

 

[secondchoice]

My stations featured 6 seconds of duck flatulence and then 30 seconds of midget porn and polka music.

That might be an improvement on some stations.

 

[choicevoicepro.com]

@ Barry: In fact from reports on FB and the discussion boards here we’re learning that WBAP Dallas and WINS NYC are at least two major market stations that didn’t air the test (through no fault of their own).

 

[BarryATL]

I stand corrected. I heard the tail of WINS announcers talking about the test about 2:02 PM, but did not hear the actual test.

I am a WINS junkie.

 

[CompleteGame]

Was it late (like 20-45 seconds) on the downstream stations? It seemed like it was that late on mine.

 

[littlejohn]

It will delay on each repeat. If the station uses profanity delay, it delays by that amount. If it uses HD, the coding delay is normally added to the analog feed. Plus the Magic Decoder Ring has to decode the incomign information to realize it is something which needs repeating. The delay cascades as the message is forwarded from station to station.

 

[Bengalsfan]

My stations featured 6 seconds of duck flatulence and then 30 seconds of midget porn and polka music.

I'm reading the midget porn and polka music tested well in Peoria.

 

[mikerichardson]

@ Barry: In fact from reports on FB and the discussion boards here we’re learning that WBAP Dallas and WINS NYC are at least two major market stations that didn’t air the test (through no fault of their own).

KODA Houston failed to air the test. Other Clear Channel stations succeeded in this market.

 

[gregg75]

I think the test was not necessary and a total waste of government money.

In this day and age, if something big happens, most folks will know it within an hour
unless they are asleep. It's not like the Japs will be on our radar before we know it.

 

[taylorengineer]

I miss the days of the old Emergency Broadcast System. Remember? You had secret envelopes with secret passwords and such. "The mice legs are down. Tom has a long moustache. Repeat.....the mice legs are down. Tom has a long moustache."
At one station I work for there was a "doomsday cart." It was in a secret locked box with keys and instructions in a sealed envelope. When the system was abandoned back in the 90's we took the cart out of hiding and played it. On that cart was the dour voice of the former chief engineer explaining that the Godless Russkies were coming to slay our American families with baby hungry thermonuclear weapons......
Today's system is so ....uhm...sterile. No pappa echo tango.....no good!

 

[bnaivar]

Can't you just see the President and Joint Chiefs huddled around a TV watching CNN to decide whether to activate the EAS system? ;D

 

[JackieSteele]

I miss the days of the old Emergency Broadcast System. Remember? You had secret envelopes with secret passwords and such. "The mice legs are down. Tom has a long moustache. Repeat.....the mice legs are down. Tom has a long moustache."
At one station I work for there was a "doomsday cart." It was in a secret locked box with keys and instructions in a sealed envelope. When the system was abandoned back in the 90's we took the cart out of hiding and played it. On that cart was the dour voice of the former chief engineer explaining that the Godless Russkies were coming to slay our American families with baby hungry thermonuclear weapons......
Today's system is so ....uhm...sterile. No pappa echo tango.....no good!

Ah yes, the Godless Russians Tornadoes

Actually, didn't we get codewords for a little while even with EAS? I seem to remember the HSE (Holy $#!+ Envelope) hanging on the wall outside my Nessman suite at the old COH studios... and I came in after the EAS transition.

 

[taylorengineer]

@Jackie.....we were just too lazy to take the envelope down.
I don't remember codes being used with any vintage of the EAS system. Are you still hangin' on in Newnan?

 

[JackieSteele]

@Jackie.....we were just too lazy to take the envelope down.
I don't remember codes being used with any vintage of the EAS system. Are you still hangin' on in Newnan?

Nope, I headed south for sunnier climes. I left back in mid-October (of my own volition... they didn't show me the door) and am now in Florida looking for gainful employment.