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Engineers warn FCC and NOAA changes could alter emergency-alert and reporting responsibilities for small broadcasters
Summary
Board technology discussion covered pending FCC rulemaking, retirement of some EAS equipment lines, and National Weather Service transmitter retrofits that affect how the station receives emergency information. Board members said software-based EAS solutions are under debate and NOAA site outages can reduce redundancy.
During the technology report, board members reviewed several regulatory and infrastructure developments that could affect how the station handles emergency alerts and public-interest reporting.
Marty summarized an ongoing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule-review process and said one EAS equipment manufacturer has announced it will stop building new units because of security and update burdens. “One of them has said because of the difficulty in keeping up with security and a number of…
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