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FCC 11.61
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 11.61 Tests of EAS procedures.
(a) EAS Participants shall conduct tests at regular intervals, as specified
in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section. Additional tests may be
performed anytime. EAS activations and special tests may be performed in
lieu of required tests as specified in paragraph (a)(4) of this section. All
tests will conform with the procedures in the EAS Operating Handbook.
(1) Required Monthly Tests of the EAS header codes, Attention Signal, Test
Script and EOM code.
(i) Tests in odd numbered months shall occur between 8:30 a.m. and local
sunset. Tests in even numbered months shall occur between local sunset and
8:30 a.m. They will originate from Local or State Primary sources. The time
and script content will be developed by State Emergency Communications
Committees in cooperation with affected EAS Participants. Script content may
be in the primary language of the EAS Participant. These monthly tests must
be transmitted within 60 minutes of receipt by EAS Participants in an EAS
Local Area or State. Analog and digital class D non-commercial educational
FM and analog and digital LPTV stations are required to transmit only the
test script.
(ii) Effective May 31, 2007, DBS providers must comply with this section by
monitoring a state or local primary source to participate in testing. Tests
should be performed on 10% of all channels monthly (excluding
local-into-local channels for which the monthly transmission tests are
passed through by the DBS provider), with channels tested varying from month
to month, so that over the course of a given year, 100% of all channels are
tested.
(2) Required Weekly Tests:
(i) EAS Header Codes and EOM Codes:
(A) Analog and digital AM, FM, and TV broadcast stations must conduct tests
of the EAS header and EOM codes at least once a week at random days and
times. Effective December 31, 2006, DAB stations must conduct these tests on
all audio streams. Effective December 31, 2006, DTV stations must conduct
these tests on all program streams.
(B) Analog cable systems and digital cable systems with 5,000 or more
subscribers per headend and wireless cable systems with 5,000 or more
subscribers must conduct tests of the EAS Header and EOM Codes at least once
a week at random days and times on all programmed channels.
(C) Analog cable systems and digital cable systems serving fewer than 5,000
subscribers per headend and wireless cable systems with fewer than 5,000
subscribers must conduct tests of the EAS Header and EOM Codes at least once
a week at random days and times on at least one programmed channel.
(D) SDARS providers must conduct tests of the EAS Header and EOM codes at
least once a week at random days and times on all channels.
(ii) DBS providers, analog and digital class D non-commercial educational FM
stations, and analog and digital LPTV stations are not required to transmit
this test but must log receipt, as specified in Sec. Sec. 11.35(a) and 11.54(b)(13).
(iii) The EAS weekly test is not required during the week that a monthly
test is conducted.
(iv) EAS Participants are not required to transmit a video message when
transmitting the required weekly test.
(3) Periodic National Tests . National Primary (NP) sources shall
participate in tests as appropriate. The FCC may request a report of these
tests.
(4) EAS activations and special tests . The EAS may be activated for
emergencies or special tests at the State or Local Area level by an EAS
Participant instead of the monthly or weekly tests required by this section.
To substitute for a monthly test, activation must include transmission of
the EAS header codes, Attention Signal, emergency message and EOM code and
comply with the visual message requirements in Sec. 11.51. To substitute for the
weekly test of the EAS header codes and EOM codes in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of
this section, activation must include transmission of the EAS header and EOM
codes. Analog and digital television broadcast stations, analog cable
systems, digital cable systems, wireless cable systems, and DBS providers
shall comply with the aural and visual message requirements in Sec. 11.51.
Special EAS tests at the State and Local Area levels may be conducted on
daily basis following procedures in State and Local Area EAS plans.
(b) Entries shall be made in EAS Participant records, as specified in
Sec. Sec. 11.35(a) and 11.54(b)(13).
[ 70 FR 71038 , Nov. 25, 2005]
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