A pleasant surprise today as our scheduled guest, Shane Toven, joins us from “Gilbert Lodge”, home of Mark Persons! We’re talking about the Emergency Alert System and how broadcasters might move forward with better techniques and technologies to get live-saving information to their listeners. Shane works with EMF (K-LOVE and Air1) while co-host, Chris Tarr, serves on the Wisconsin State EAS committee. Host, Kirk Harnack, expresses some annoyances with the current EAS system and Chris is the usual voice of reason.

Show Notes:

* Chris Tarr mentioned that Gary Timm has stepped down from state EAS duties (Radio World article)

* The new Wisconsin State EAS Plan is hot off the presses and receives high praise from Chris.

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Guest

Shane Toven - Senior Broadcast Engineer at EMF - K-LOVE & Air1Mark Persons - Founder of M. W. Persons & Associates (Ret)

Hosts

Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.MediaKirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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