Legacy Equipment May Make new EAS Codes Hard To Implement

September 28, 2015 |Broadcast

It may require more than one year to implement proposed new emergency alert system codes, replied broadcast engineers Cohen Dippell, posted in FCC docket 04-296 Friday. The proposed codes Extreme Wind Warning (EWW), Storm Surge Watch (SSA) and Storm Surge Warning (SSW) are intended give public safety officials more specific alerts.The FCC should take into consideration broadcasters' legacy equipment and the longer time it may take to implement the codes, the engineering firm said.