RE: EAS

[Brian Vita <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

I heard a rather long EAS message on WSJZ at about the same time.  It
played once normally and when the jock returned to music, it started again
under the song for a few seconds until it was potted out.  Some kind of EAS
conspiracy?  Was the FCC doing a surprise check?

Brian

At 03:29 PM 1/12/99 -0500, Gary F wrote:
>At 1:15pm MediaOne interrupted most (not all, New England Cable News and HBO 
>were unaffected) channels for a LONG EAS test - first the three short tone 
>bursts - then three long bursts of 3 different tones each - followed by a 
>totally unintelligible message in a female voice - sounded like it came from 
>underwater!  I called Sue Bennet, local PD at the Lowell office of MediaOne 
>and she was watching the same thing in shock - not even knowing how it got 
>on her system.  Hmmmmmmmmm!
>
>-g.f.
>
>
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>From: 	Bill O'Neill[SMTP:billo@erols.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, January 12, 1999 2:38 PM
>To: 	Boston Radio Interest
>Subject: 	EAS
>
>Just heard the WBZ initiated EAS test on WXRV (92.5, Haverhill) at
>2:16 p.m., right over the music audio!  Something tells me that isn't
>the spirit of regs. that drive EAS!   Slightly over to WBOS (92.9,
>Brookline) they relayed the test after a song ended.  Interesting
>idea.
>
>Bill O'Neill
>

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