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The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite and broadcast television and AM, FM and satellite radio.
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...
EAS was founded in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California in 1992 by biochemist Anthony Almada, and businessman Ed Byrd.In 2012, Byrd founded EAB Labs .After discovering the possible benefits for athletes of creatine monohydrate supplementation, in December 1992 they acquired a kilogram of creatine and began trials.
Emergency Alert System The Emergency Broadcast System ( EBS ), sometimes called the Emergency Action Notification System ( EANS ), was an emergency warning system used in the United States . It was the most commonly used, along with the Emergency Override system .
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After Phillips sold his majority interest in EAS, he concentrated on his writing and on promotion of his books through his publishing company, High Point Media, as well as Value Creation, a branch of EAS. [25] [26] Body for Life hit bookstores in 1999, and by 2003 it had sold 3.5 million copies in 24 languages. [3]
The Emergency Alert System began to build up on most cable television systems through the installation of then-new generators and encoders between 1997 and 1999. Some of the notable EAS generators at the time include Video Data Systems, Texscan, Gorman-Redlich, Idea/Onics, and Cable Envoy; and encoders include SAGE, TFT, and Trilithic models.
A National Emergency Message (SAME code: EAN), formerly known until 2022 as an Emergency Action Notification, is the national activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) used to alert the residents of the United States of a national or global emergency such as a nuclear war or any other mass casualty situation.