KMOJ installed the new Emergency Alert System. The “E.A.S.” has replaced the Emergency Broadcast System most of us have known for decades.
This new system is aimed to improve the distribution of emergency information by targeting a more specific area doing so in a more timely fashion then was possible with older technology.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
E.A.S. equipment located at broadcast stations, the National Weather Service, and emergency management centers “talks” using a digital coding structure that allows each individual outlet in the system to determine what the nature of the warning is, what areas will be effected, and how critical the alert is.… Read more
