Subj : Emerg. Broadcast Stations To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Apr 02 2020 12:17:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> I think the specific station is only designated in the case of an NB>>> actual emergency.... BM>> So tracking down the information wasn't as easy as I thought it BM>> would be. The Spokane site seems to be headquarters and the page BM>> lists stations in Washington and Idaho. The webpage implies a page 2 BM>> but I couldn't find a way to get to it. BM>> Back to Googling. Did find a listing "Primary Emergency Alert System BM>> Broadcast Stations" -- which went to the Spokane, WA, site! BM>> ...Checked where Firefox thought I was: yup, right location! NB>> But, in thinking for you, it figured you wanted the headquarters for NB>> your area.... BM> Right, though I've seen it think I'm in various parts of eastern Iowa. NB> Richard has problems with Google trying to think for him... it NB> often guesses wrong.... ;0 All depends (as usual!). Most people probably want/mean a site local to them. I've also entered partially technical terms which Google sometimes tries to dumb-down. It also seems the "+" and "-" options don't work, or work a lot less definitive than they used to. Thinking of "Vienna +1040" should have given me addresses in the 4th District (postal code 1040) but combined with other search terms came through rather a mish-mash. BM> I'm roughly in the center, on the bottom of the 'elbow' where Iowa BM> juts into Illinois. Frequently the browsers will think I'm in BM> Burlington all the way to the south, Dubuque all the way to the north, BM> Clinton - the next county and city north. Usually Davenport, the next BM> city over and has a major Internet connection (whatever it's called). NB> At least Davenport makes a lot better sense than the other NB> options... ;) True. OTOH maybe like with telephone lines it connects me into the Internet where less busy: then Clinton would make sense as the next one; Dubuque and Burlington are more 'extremes' as far as distance is concerned. As long as it works! BM>> Did finally get somewhere with "Primary Emergency Alert System BM>> Broadcast Stations Iowa": got me to an FCC page BM>> (https:/www.fcc.gov/files/ia-eas-plan.pdf so I suppose just substitute BM>> the state). Finally find WOC-AM and WLLR-FM are the designated local BM>> primary stations -- they monitor WHO-AM in Des Moines which is up one BM>> level. Whew! NB>> So now you know for the next emergency (weather or otherwise).... BM> And the 'good news' is the transmitter is at the antenna farm only a BM> few miles from here so should be able to receive the signal without too BM> much problem. NB> Very good.... :) Make sure have working batteries..... BM>>> Now, if anyone is somewhat into radio callsigns (Daryl! Get back BM>>> on-line!) they'll note something a hare quirky: happens the three BM>>> stations I mentioned all begin with "W" and they're on the west side BM>>> of the Mississippi River where the call signs generally begin with "K". BM>>> WOC and WHO are older than the "K" calls. WLLR is and isn't that old BM>>> (they began as WOC-FM), not quite sure how they got the W. NB>> True, the west of the Mississippi stations should be starting with K... NB>> My guess would be that since WOC and WHO were able to keep their W, NB>> being ancient stations (and interesting that they didn't just add a K NB>> to those callsigns, since they are also odd being only 3 letters), NB>> WLLR, being a part of WOC actually, was allowed to use the W as well... BM> Something like that. And the call signs were originally three BM> letters: WBZ in Boston comes to mind, seems like there's one in NYC. BM> And of course a bunch scattered throughout the country. ...Who'da BM> thought the need for more than WAA through WZZ! NB> Surprise, surprise.... ;) Once there were any stations, every NB> locality would want their own.... and then there would be more NB> than one, competing with different formats.... Yup, or even same/similar formats: "I can do it better!". ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Meandering to a different drummer. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .