EAS Handbooks Now Offered in Spanish

In a recent letter, the Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association told the commission that without a Spanish version, a portion of the population is “vulnerable to the life or death consequences of natural disasters, threats and attacks to our country.”

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Publish date:: Feb 14, 2008
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The FCC now offers its EAS handbooks for radio, TV, satellite, cable and wireless both in English and in Spanish.

In a recent letter, the Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association told the commission that without a Spanish version, a portion of the population is “vulnerable to the life or death consequences of natural disasters, threats and attacks to our country.”

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