As I have noted in previous posts on TD, cable TV systems carry Emergency Alert messages on all channels.
As I have noted in previous posts on TD, cable TV systems carry Emergency Alert messages on all channels.
That should definitely be kept up, but what about people who are, at any given moment, not listening to the radio or watching TV?
During most of my waking hours I am not watching TV. Am I neglecting a civic duty? :) :)
Not on my cable system, they don't.
They never hesitate to interupt something for a local ad for a used car dealer, but anything else, nope.
The government will send someone along shortly to reconnect your telescreen. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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I've been hesitating to comment on this because I was not sure, but as luck would have it my cable company ran a EAS test last night during prime time and I was able to switch channels to verify that major local broadcasters and cable channels alike were being interrupted during the test.
I had thought that cable operators were required to put EAS alerts on *all* channels. My local cable operator (Comcast) certainly does it that way.
Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.
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