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December 2017-
Hardly Amateurs: Amateur (HAM) Radio Team Tapped to Manage
Information Radio Services for California Town.
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Opioids, a Real Emergency: Topic Now Allowed for Broadcast on
Info Stations.
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Radio's the Rock: A Steadfast Fixture on the Digital Dashboards
of "Connected Cars."
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NYC Weather: Mostly Missing.
October 2017-
Starting from Ash; Gatlinburg upgrades warning systems to
include innovative emergency radio stations, warning sirens and
special signage.
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Florida City to Launch All-Creole Information Radio Station
North Miami Beach First to Utilize TIS to Transmit Safety
Advisories to Non-English-Speaking Residents. -
Transmitter Prices Literally Dropping
Company Removes Middle Man, Lower Prices -
Fun Fotos from the Field
August 2017-
Eclipse Excesses Expected; But authorities vow that the public's
safety will not be overshadowed.
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No Phishing Allowed? Are internet threat messages appropriate in
a TIS broadcast?
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Pirates Face Headwinds; The FCC is attempting to sink radio
pirates one by one.
June 2017-
Getting Emergency Notifications to Drivers - without Distraction
Los Alamos County First EMA to Roll Out New ENcast Service. -
Calling in Air Support; Arizona DOT taps portable info radio
station to keep motorists informed on fires.
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FCC: Please think inside the box; The Commission puts petitions
for "TIS on FM" and "30-watt TIS" on the shelf.
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Emergency Alert System; Radio is a "go to" medium in
emergencies.
March 2017-
Just-in-Time" Visitor Information: Special events and venues
rely on radio to relay info to visitors just as they arrive.
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Where to you park, when you reach the Park? Grand Canyon
National Park gives visitors critical parking directions by
radio, as they approach the South Rim.
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A Page Out of Time? In Quakertown, PA, it's about keeping
everyone on the same page.
February 2017-
EM Broadcasts Boosted Bigly: FCC Approves Enhanced Signal
Coverage for Two More Emergency Management Agencies
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Radio is vital: New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Compares Medium to
Proverbial Tortoise in Race vs High-Tech Hare
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Tme to check in to see what condition your radio station's
condition is in.
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Emails to The Source: Info radio roams Iowa. Don't bank
on tech. Weather Warning Fix a True Team Effort
January 2017-
Cold Standoff at Standing Rock: North Dakota Health Agency
Deploys Resources to Protect Protestors, Press and Public Safety
from Winter's Wrath.
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Hospital Heads-Up: Security must be vigilant Inside and out.
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Radio Roars Back! Continues to Dominate even Young Dashboards.
October
2016
- Health
Officials
Prepare for
Zika
- Weather
Radio No
Longer the
Same/S.A.M.E.
September
2016-
Inspiring
Interpretation
at Herbert
Hoover
National
Historic
Site.
- New
Portable
LIGHTNING
LED Message
Sign
Available
Soon.
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Michigan
Airport Uses
TIS to Share
Pilot-Ground
Communications.
August 2016-
Information
Radio
Station
Assists
Community
during Blue
Cut Fire.
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Virginia DOT
Upgrades
HARs.
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Grainger
Adds
Emergency/Health
Info Radio
Station to
Online
Catalog.
June 2016
- Coastal
Community
Readies
Emergency
Stations for
Storm Duty.
- KCVG & MEM
Airports
Upgrade TISs.
- New EAS
Codes Coming
from NWS.
- AAIRO
Comments on
FCC AM
Revitalization.
May
2016
- National
Park Service
Installs 2
Info
Stations in
Hawaii.
- Arcola, IL,
Attracts
Visitors
with Info
Radio.
March
2016
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University
of Nevada Broadcasts
Text Alerts
to Motorists
On-Air.
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Michigan DOT
First with
High Quality
HARs.
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FCC Entreaty
to Report
Pirates
Promptly.
February
2016
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FCC Approves
New TIS
Improvements.
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A Fair
Question;
South
Florida Fair
Uses Radio
to Speak to
500,000
patrons.
January
2016
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Operators in
the East
prepare
blizzard
broadcasts.
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A new
ultra-portable
changeable
message sign
makes its
appearance.
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The FCC
calls for
comments on
revitalizing
AM-band
radio.
December
2015
-
Safety
agencies
disseminate
incident
info
instantly
with
VoiceStar.
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TIS Beauty
Competition.
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When is
interference
not really
interference?
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Info radio
frequencies
continue to
be available
almost
everywhere
except big
cities.
November
2015
-
Montecito
Fire
Protection
District
engages all
available
technology
to keep
residents
safe during
"Gibraltar
Incident"
fire.
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New FCC rule
changes will
benefit
public
safety,
emergency
managers.
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The world's
first
full-bandwidth
TIS
transmitters
are on the
air.
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Nation's
premier
emergency
management
expo plays
Las Vegas.
August
2015
-
FCC approves
"mega-sized"
info
station,
granting
AGREM in PA
3 waivers.
-
Station WRCR
wreaks havoc
in NY?
June 2015-
Studies rank
radio #1 for
local info
with
motorists.
- FCC
rules
regarding
weather
broadcasts
remain
cloudy.
May
2015
-
National
Parks task
TIS to
interpret &
inform.
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El Nino on
the horizon.
-
TIS filters'
historic
debut.
-
Remote site
transmission
analyzer
debuts.
April
2015
- Grand Prix
West
acquires
RadioSTAT
and
changeable
message
signs for
annual
event.
- Information
Station
Specialists
debuts High
Quality (HQ)
TIS/HAR
transmitter
& filter.
- Hudson
County
acquires
surprising
ally in its quest
to install a
100-watt
info
station.
March
2015
- Cities
unserved by
broadcasters
fill need
with
Information
Radio.
- FCC permits
filtering to
improve TIS
audio
quality.
- Pennsylvania
agency asks
FCC
to boost
antenna
height and range.
February
2015
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New England
towns
maintain
constant
contact with
citizens by
radio, even
as snow
stacks up
and power
goes down.
January
2015
-
2 Flight 93
Memorial
stations
help
motorists
find the
9/11 crash
site.
-
InfoRadio
Format aids
prep of
non-emergency
broadcasts.
December
2014
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Tennessee
Public
Health
employs
portable
emergency
advisory
radio for
student
lock-downs
and other
emergencies.
-
FCC ruling
makes life
difficult
for New York
top-of-band
TISs.
October
2014
-
Penn
Turnpike
hosts TISs
for new
Flight 93
Memorial.
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Orange
County CA
toll road
authority
tells
motorists
how to pay
tolls in
arears.
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In-car radio
listening
ranks well
compared to
cell phones,
in new
studies.
September
2014
-
Tahoe routes
residents
away from
frightening
California
King Fire.
-
Health and
emergency
officials
prepare with
emergency
advisory
radio for
possible
Ebola and
ISIS crises.
August
2014
-
Health
officials
plan with
RadioSTAT
for possible
Ebola
outbreak.
- California
quake &
flood test
Info Radio
services.
- Agreement among Commenters that TIS audio filters should be wider.
June
2014- Beach towns prepare for 2014 hurricane
& flood season.
-
FCC reply
comments
encouraged
for improved
TIS sound.
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Potential
interference
in NYC area.
May
2014
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San Marcos,
CA, uses
RadioSTAT
Portable
Radio
Station to
inform
motorists in
wildfire
evacuation.
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After 37
years, the
FCC offers
some clarity
on what
operators
may say on
TISs.
-
NOAA
"Weather
Radio"
station
provides hot
and cold
performance
similar to
the very
weather it
forecasts.
April 2014
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Naperville,
IL, adopts
the latest
Info Station
technology &
others doing
the same.
-
FCC
asks for
comments on
“wider”
audio
filters.
-
What
FCC Chairman
Wheeler has
to say about
broadcasting
weather
forecasts.
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Recap:
Public
Health
Summit “POD”
demo a
success.
March
2014-
RadioSTAT
tapped to
provide
real-world
radio
broadcast
instructions
to
preparedness
summit
participants.
- Hudson
County
petitions
FCC for more
wattage.
-
Idyllwild
California
radio
station
profile.
February
2014-
Winter
storms
hammer the East
& West
while
info radio
shines.
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NJ signal
monitored in
Sweden.
- Teen-designed
emergency
signs go on
line.
January
2014-
HOAs & CDDs
turn to
micro radio
stations to
inform and
notify.
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NY's
national
weather
radio
station
disappeared,
reappeared,
then
disappeared
again -
in time for
a snow
storm.
-
Florida DOT
asks
FCC permission
for cozier
station
spacing.
November
2013
-
Savannah
National
Wildlife
Refuge uses
radio to
tell its
story.
-
Transmitter
filtering progress
with the FCC.
-
New
commercial
station
crowds
1700-kHz NY
station.
October
2013
- NY City
frequency
concern.
- FCC 'not
open
for normal
ops.'
- Low Power FM
gets worse.
September 2013-
Mount Rainier
National Park,
first to
have
networked
info
stations.
- Why
most public
safety agencies
are wary of Low
Power FM.
- Do TIS
filters protect
broadcasters?
August 2013
- Information
Station
Specialists
turns 30.
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Indy &
surrounding
counties
employ info
radio at
PODs.
- Historic
revision of TIS
Rules meets broad
approval
by
emergency
managers.
July 2013- TIS rule changes
summarized.
- TIDE
formula for
evaluating
broadcast
content.
June
2013- Attractions
like TX
State Fair use
radio service to
protect guests.
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White fire
blackens
Santa
Barbara
Hills; info
radio
assists.
-
TIS Rules
update
progress.
April 2013-
Emergency
managers
prepare for
hurricanes
with info
radio
stations.
-
Disasters
influence
TIS Rules
update by
FCC.
- InfoRadio Format
introduced to improve
broadcast
quality.
January 2013-
Hurricane
Sandy &
Newtown
incident
prompt
emergency
managers to
remind FCC
of value of
info radio
stations.
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A signal
measurement
device to
ensure
compliance.
-
Peabody,
MA's,
magnetic
reminder.
-
Dick Burden
shares a
history of
TIS.
2012 Emergency
Health Examples
October 2012
-
Hurricane
Sandy
-
Internet
streaming.
-
Customs
Border
Protection
stations.
December 2012
-
Withstanding
Hurricane
Sandy.
-
PowerSTAT
for
vaccines.
-
LAX radio.
Spring 2011
-
Examples of
interpretation
at tourist
sites.
Winter 2003,
Updated 2012 -
Ports Need
Accessible,
Effective
Security
Solutions
2003 -
Years of Service
Since 1983 Have
Implications for
Today:
The Outgrowth of
'Emergency
Advisory Radio'
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Aurora
Emergency
Management, IL
- ALERT AM.
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Avalon
Emergency
Management, NJ
- ALERT AM &
Flashing
ALERT Signs.
-
Battle
Creek, MI
- wireless
audio linked
ALERT AM
stations.
-
Beverly
Hills, CA
- updates
its ALERT AM
station with
Workstation
Audio
Control.
-
Brooklake
Christian
School, WA
- Flashing
ALERT Sign.
-
Customs &
Border
Protection,
TX & CA
- a network
of
Information
Stations at
crossings.
-
Douglas
County, NE
- FCC allows
EMA to place
antenna on
12-story
building for
special
mass-attendance
event.
-
Ft. Bend
County, TX
- largest
synched
network of
stations in
the Nation.
-
Gallatin
County, MT
- 5 portable
stations
cover cover
large county
in flood.
-
Idyllwild
Fire
Protection
District,
CA -
Information
Station.
-
Indiana
District 5
Health -
RadioSTAT
(8) Stations
& Portable
Changeable
Message
Signs.
-
KROS News
Radio
Quickly
Deploys AMReady
HPR0990
Antenna
while Their
Tower Is
Down.
-
Los Alamos
National
Lab, NM
- dual ALERT
AM stations
used for
fire
evacuations.
-
Maine
Township, IL
- prepares
for the next
'big one'
with
RadioSTAT.
-
Manasquan,
NJ - the
only info
source
during
Hurricane
Sandy.
-
Miami, FL
-
multi-language
station.
-
Naperville,
IL -
emergency
advisories
during
flooding
with
synchronized
stations
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North
Plainfield
Borough, NJ
-
Information
Station use
for mass
H1N1
vaccinations.
-
Oldham
County, KY
- deploys
signs
telling
motorists
when not to
enter
interstate.
-
Orlando, FL
- 4
emergency
advisory
stations
that
simulcast
across the
City
-
Peabody, MA
- ALERT AM.
-
Portola
Valley, CA
- emergency
advisory
radio.
-
Ports -
emergency
advisory
recommendations
for port
authorities;
Port of New
Orleans
example.
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Puyallup, WA
- ALERT AM
for lahar
emergencies.
-
San Marcos
Pass, CA
- detailed
suggestions
for how to
acquire &
set up an ALERT AM
system.
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State
University
of New York,
Buffalo
-
Information
Station on
Campus for
Parking,
Emergencies
and More.
-
Tahoe City,
CA -
emergency
advisory
RadioSTAT
application.
-
Ventura
County
Public
Health, CA
- RadioSTAT
& VoiceStar for public
health use.
-
Waldo County
ME
- the first
countywide
RadioSAFE
system.
Visitor Info
Applications
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a complimentary
Making Waves cd
produced by
Oregon State
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interviews of
interpreters
across the
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Andersonville
National
Historic
Site -
Information
Stations
that
increase
visitorship;
billboard
signs.
-
Cleveland
Metroparks
- an audio
tour with a
series of
InfOspot
stations.
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Crazy Horse
Monument
-
Information
Station
interprets
history.
-
Grand Canyon
- EventCAST
service.
-
Great Platte
River Road
Archway
Monument
-
Information
Station
draws
visitors.
-
History
Stations in
the news
- Fort
Wayne, Point
Reyes; hear
sample
broadcasts
that include
Natchez
Trace
Parkway,
Fort
Leavenworth,
Rippavilla
Planatation,
Big Sable
Point
Lighthouse,
Battleship
Texas.
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Hocking
Hills State
Park in Ohio
- EventCAST
station use.
-
Hoover
National
Historic
Site in the
news -
includes
broadcast
demo.
-
Interpreters
View
Information
Radio as
Cost-Effective
Way to Reach
Travelers
- several
examples of
Information
Station and
InfOspot
License-Free
Radio
Station use.
-
Iowa Great
Lakes -
warns
patrons of
invasive
species.
-
Ludington,
Michigan
- historic
site visitor
info
(Lighthouse
and historic
village).
-
Middle Creek
Wildlife
Management
Area -
Information
Station use
example.
-
Minnesota's
Minneopa
State Park
-
Information
Station use
example.
-
Mount
Mitchell
State Park
in NC -
Information
Station use.
See also
Dec 2019
update.
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Mount
Rainier
National
Park -
national
park
Information
Stations.
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Nez Perce
National
Historical
Park -
InfOspot use
example.
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Nocatee, FL,
Community
Development
District
-
Information
Station for
home owners.
-
Pacific
State Marine
Fisheries
-
Information
Stations
help prevent
invasive
species
transference.
-
Pennsylvania
Game
Commission
-
Information
Station use
for elk
viewing.
-
Savannah
National
Wildlife
Refuge -
national
park
establishes
a series of
interpretive
radio
stations.
-
Sun City
Palm Desert,
CA, Home
Owner
Association
-
Information
Station for
home owners.
-
Texas
Historical
Commission -
interprets
Civil War
Battlefield,
Palmito
Ranch
Battlefield.
-
Texas State
Fair -
temporary
station for
events
EventCAST.
-
Upper
Delaware
Scenic River
&
Recreational
Area - a
series of
Information
& InfOspot
stations
used along
the River
and at the
Museum.
-
Zane Grey
House and
Museum -
InfOspot use
example.
See also a list of
national places
that have used
our info radio
stations.
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