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FCC 11.52
Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 11.52 EAS code and Attention Signal Monitoring requirements.
(a) EAS Participants must be capable of receiving the Attention Signal
required by Sec. 11.32(a)(9) and emergency messages of other broadcast stations
during their hours of operation. EAS Participants must install and operate
during their hours of operation, equipment capable of receiving and
decoding, either automatically or manually, the EAS header codes, emergency
messages and EOM code. EAS Participants must comply with these requirements
by the dates set forth in Sec. 11.11.
Note to Paragraph (a): The two-tone Attention Signal will not be used to
actuate two-tone decoders but will be used as an aural alert signal.
(b) If manual interrupt is used as authorized in Sec. 11.51(m)(2), decoders must
be located so that operators at their normal duty stations can be alerted
immediately when EAS messages are received.
(c) EAS Participants that are co-owned and co-located with a combined studio
or control facility (such as an AM and FM licensed to the same entity and at
the same location or a cable headend serving more than one system) may
comply with the EAS monitoring requirements contained in this section for
the combined station or system with one EAS Decoder. The requirements of
Sec. 11.33 must be met by the combined facility.
(d) EAS Participants must monitor two EAS sources. The monitoring
assignments of each broadcast station and cable system and wireless cable
system are specified in the State EAS Plan and FCC Mapbook. They are
developed in accordance with FCC monitoring priorities.
(1) If the required EAS sources cannot be received, alternate arrangements
or a waiver may be obtained by written request to the FCC's EAS office. In
an emergency, a waiver may be issued over the telephone with a follow up
letter to confirm temporary or permanent reassignment.
(2) The management of EAS Participants shall determine which header codes
will automatically interrupt their programming for State and Local Area
emergency situations affecting their audiences.
(e) EAS Participants are required to interrupt normal programming either
automatically or manually when they receive an EAS message in which the
header code contains the Event codes for Emergency Action Notification
(EAN), Emergency Action Termination (EAT), and Required Monthly Test (RMT)
for their State or State/county location.
(1) Automatic interrupt of programming is required when facilities are
unattended. Automatic operation must provide a permanent record of the EAS
message that contains at a minimum the following information: Originator,
Event, Location and valid time period of the message.
(2) Manual interrupt of programming and transmission of EAS messages may be
used. EAS messages with the EAN Event code must be transmitted immediately
and Monthly EAS test messages within 60 minutes. All actions must be logged
and recorded as specified in Sec. Sec. 11.35(a) and 11.54(b)(13). Decoders must be
programmed for the EAN and EAT Event header codes for National level
emergencies and the RMT and RWT Event header codes for required monthly and
weekly tests, with the appropriate accompanying State and State/county
location codes.
[ 70 FR 71036 , Nov. 25, 2005]
Goto Section: 11.51 | 11.53
Goto Year: 2006 |
2008
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