An emergency notification with no emergency?

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@Fox Mulder wrote:

http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2860376&spid=32061#.VGDCDYeRk3g

 

Interesting article. It has the root cause of the EAS activation.

 

 

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Yes, very, and this one speaks to exactly what they did to cause the issue:

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/135369/bobby-bones-emergency-alert-snafu-leads-to-fcc-inq

Here's the FCC's public notice (which, strangely enough, neither article linked):

http://www.fcc.gov/document/eas-advisory-inquiry-retransmission-unauthorized-eas-message

I'm surprised they still believe in this antiquated system. It wasn't used on 9/11 because the various national news outlets were doing a fine job of getting the news out as fast as it broke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System#Incidents

Far from abandoning it, they've been beefing it up.