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Next 'Sandy' a Month Away?

Specialized Information Radio Systems

	ALERT AM Emergency Advisory Radio System Fixed emergency radio station with NOAA All-Hazard warning interruption and many power and programming options. Licensed, range 3-5 miles.
	RadioSTAT Emergency Advisory Radio Station Hand-portable radio station for emergency, health and event applications. May also be operated from a fixed location. Licensed, range 3-5 miles.
	The Information Station All-purpose, licensed information radio station for visitor, airport, university applications. Licensed, range 3-5 miles.
	VoiceStar Portable Advisory Radio Station GSA-approved this trailer-mounted, licensed radio station is used for emergency, health, event and highway (HAR) applications. Range 3-5 miles.
	ITS Highway Advisory Radio System Fixed highway radio station (HAR) with NOAA All-azard warning interruption and many power and programming options. Licensed, range 3-5 miles.
	Advisory Signs & Flashers Quick-erect, fixed beacon and changeable message signs to announce anything, including info radio signal.
	PowerSTAT Power Source Portable, rechargeable power source to provide electricity in emergencies. Accessory for RadioSTAT radio station or stand-alone power source.
	InfOspot License-Free Radio Station License-free information station for short range, visitor, general and commercial applications.

Emergency Managers Prepare with Info Radio

If New Jersey residents needed an object lesson about how a major storm affects communications, “Superstorm Sandy” certainly supplied it in October. The cascade of power outages that triggered communication outages left millions in the dark – literally, as well as in terms of connectivity. One fact that has surfaced repeatedly is that communities with Information Radio Stations had a means of maintaining a link to citizens when conventional communication methods were offline; those that did not, did not.

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More Radio News

Disasters May Speed FCC Action on New TIS Rules

April 2013: Encouraging news has begun to trickle from the FCC regarding the pending rewrite of the Information Station (TIS) rules. AAIRO Counsel Frank Jazzo of Fletcher, Hildreth, Heald says that his sources within the FCC indicate that the Report & Order draft “has been revised to take into account recent ex parte filings by AAIRO members regarding the use of TIS stations during SuperStorm Sandy and the Newtown shootings, as well as the FCC’s own research on TIS use during such events.”

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Getting Stations Prime-Time Ready

March 2013: ISS creates the InfoRadio Format especially for operators of Information Stations who want to broadcast generalized local information in a highly professional manner. For each operator, ISS further customizes the presentation to include community and visitor information specific to each area where a broadcast is heard. Hear a demo. Once created, updates are free for AAIRO members, a free nonprofit group for station operators.

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Customer News

Letting Citizens Know about Streamed Broadcasts

Peabody, MA, January 2013: A new refrigerator magnet raises awareness within the community of Peabody about emergency broadcasts offered over the air and via streaming to smartphones and computers.

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