Very first national EAS Test

Live....as it happened, From the perspective of Cody Collier at WFRN Studios.

[@Rick-in7qz]

It sounded like what happened is that the person who was reading the announcement was also trying to listen to themselves via a local station, which was delayed a few seconds. When the local station played the header tones, it looped back into the reader's microphone and was sent as part of the EAS message. Likely, your station's EAS decoder heard the second (accidentally looped) set of EAS tones, and said "Hey, there is a new EAS message coming in, I better drop everything until the new message follows" and cut its own audio out. EAN messages, such as this one, have the highest (presidential) priority, so EAS decoders are configured to drop everything and relay them no matter what. In every case that I can think of, the failure here was directly the result of FEMA messing up on the input audio. Friend who does tech for several local stations agrees.

[@quarans08]

Woah

[@haydenlacelle9009]

i hear these tones a lot when there is an EAS Weekly test. im always scared of it.... very scared.. always listening 2 klck 98.9. and always a weekly test. i m always like what is that o yah its the eas. grrr

[@wfrncody]

The tone was coming out of the studio playback. I just kept the computer in the shot for the purpose of having the clock. I'll ask our engineer if there was an announcement that was played over the air but not relayed back into the studio.

[@FairPlay137]

Recap of test: "Live co--[Beep]"

[@neominini]

That is crazy how they took your station over like that. Maybe some glitches. Glad to see it worked.

[@Ranthos1]

Thumbs up if you thought he was going to be the one saying the announcement

[@BMWF15]

@wfrncody There was No announcement sent over the air just to inform you.

[@SargonAnkro]

@wfrncody Ahhhh, these goverments... they can turn any fail into miracle ;D

[@wfrncody]

@SargonAnkro the government called it a success just because the relays worked, but it didn't impress me.

[@BMWF15]

Sounds like somethings wrong with you EAS equipment it diden't transmit correctly.

[@zchrosniak13]

I was live at 96.2 wktt my youtube radio and it shut down the whole radio so i have to do it all over

[@k1n9h4mr]

what kind of automation software are you guys using

[@xanderivanov6869]

If this had been an actual emergency structions would follow the alert tone

[@megancecil4674]

Just Like The Voice Is From Fetch With Ruff Ruff Man

[@publicsafetyadvisor4352]

That was a fail very badly

[@kerbalrools06ksp64]

What software is that

[@SyIveonlntertwining]

Why the heck are you doing that on the camera?!?

[@jennyshmit6172]

Wait so this was the first ever appearance of the noise?

[@AA-777-]

no, it’s the first national EAS. (I believe)

[@Jazzdog393]

The first ever appearance of the noise was someware in the 70s.

[@wfrncody]

We use DAD by ENCO

[@morphinscorer9876]

Nice

[@SargonAnkro]

So... Very first EAS Test ended by fail? :D

[@balgeettjinder9321]

Yes

[@wfrncody]

@Joshesjtagmods thanks!

[@CringePoop]

i love how all professional broadcasting software is just a mess of bright colors

[@beckybecky125]

windows xp

[@closed.thebrosgaming4941]

there goes 2:37 of my life

[@woomypizza]

I was gonna say good job but I guess not

[@VGSEAS]

Sage endec went pfffffffftttttt 😂

[@mytoasteroven2402]

Just imagine it, you guys. Imagine being that dude, a radio broadcaster, listening to the first ever test of the system that's supposed to keep the public briefed on a national emergency, and just hearing it fold and fail like that. Personally, I would be shiting bricks. They waited more than 10 years to test a national activation. And for it to proceed like such a trainwreck after sleeping on it that long is alarming on a level hard to overstate. Thank god we never needed it before then, right?

[@jaworskij]

I dislike this clip.