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Re: EAS

The stations I work for aired a monthly EAS test just this morning.  A
small victory for our AM station.  The test ended at exactly at :59:50
past the hour, and boom! right into the legal ID and CBS News.  On the
FM side, it played right in the middle of a song.  In contrast, our
weekly EAS tests are aired in stopsets on the FM side, and air over both
stations simultaneously... with little regard to the programming on the
AM.  (our weekly test was scheduled less than an hour after the monthly
test... go figure!)  While the audio portion of the monthly test, which
originates in Waterbury, is generally understandable, the quality leaves
a lot to be desired.

Now back to my long winter's nap.


Doug Bassett
Operations
WKVT AM/FM
Brattleboro, Vt.

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