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E-mail Clay Freinwald
SBE EAS Committee Chairman

Strategy for Impementing CAP EAS (May 2008)

SBE's suggestions to aid implementation of CAP technology for a revised Emergency Alert System

SBE's Interpretation of New EAS Rules (August 2007)

Frequently Asked Questions regarding New EAS Rules (August 2007)

Society of Broadcast Engineers opposes live code testing of EAS (May 2007)

Click here for more information about the Common Alerting Protocol (July 2007)

Now available are four podcast files that make up the SBE EAS Meeting held on Monday, April 16, 2007 in Las Vegas during NAB2007. Each file is large in size, and may take longer to download.

Click here to listen to Part 1

Click here to listen to Part 2

Click here to listen to Part 3

Click here to listen to Part 4

Or click this link to hear an archived recording of the SBE EAS Meeting. Our thanks to Broadcast.net, Tieline and Trilithic for their support which made the live streaming and archive of the meeting possible.

EAS Exchange

An SBE sponsored e-mail discussion group about the EAS

FCC Acts on EAS Issues (Nov. 2005)


EAS Q&A Articles - From Radio Guide By Clay Freinwald and Barry Mishkind

SBE's Vision for EAS (5/5/06) by Clay Freinwald and Richard Rudman


Emergency Alert System, EAS WA State Info

Self-Inspection Checklist for Broadcasters and Cable System Operators - Procedures (11/00)

Emergency Alert System Self-Inspection Checklist for Broadcasters and Cable Systems (11/00)EAS Sample Log (11/00)