Thursday, November 11, 2010

FYI - from the Society of Broadcast Engineers ...

November 10, 2010 - SBE today discovered another commercial that uses EAS tones in the body of that commercial. According to SBE Chapter 15 chairman Tom Ray, the spot is a TV commercial for the movie Skyline with the ISCI code UPSU3132H. Midway through the spot you can clearly hear EAS alert tones repeated 6 times which, when decoded appear to be a Required Monthly Test (RMT) in Central Pennsylvania. There is no EOM signal transmitted.

FCC Rules prohibit stations from broadcasting false EAS signals (CFR 47 11.45 Prohibition of false or deceptive EAS transmissions and 73.1217 Broadcast Hoaxes). SBE suggests that stations check their inventories for this spot and take whatever action they deem appropriate to ensure false EAS tones are not transmitted.

For more information, visit http://www.sbe.org/.