Digital Alert Systems Opposes NAB's EAS Petition

Digital Alert Systems Opposes NAB's EAS Petition

NAB's FCC petition on allowing broadcasters to use software in place of physical emergency alert system (EAS) equipment is "premature," and granting it would be a "sweeping regulatory shift without the necessary technical, legal, or operational foundation," said major EAS...

SBE Backs NAB’s Software-based EAS Proposal

The Society of Broadcast Engineers has thrown its support behind a proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters to allow stations and other EAS participants to use software-based alerting technology. It is an important endorsement given that many of the organization’s approximately 4,000 members are intimately involved in the installation and use of EAS equipment and that engineers also are active in State Emergency Communications Commit…

NAB Gains Support For Software EAS Plan As Legacy Equipment Faces Uncertainty.

The National Association of Broadcasters has picked up support from engineers and several operators in its effort to allow stations to use software-based Emergency Alert System technology. That includes from the Society of Broadcast Engineers, which warns the EAS daisy-chain…