Emergency Communications 101 Training 📢
Learn how to manage and configure Open Source systems to provide community emergency alerts and prepare for the National Public Alerting tests.
CAP AlertPlayer for Radio and Television
April 27 2023 at 10:00 AM – Noon Pacific Time
Skill: Beginner or user of AlertPlayer.
Description: Manage and operate a CAP AlertPlayer for broadcast.
Challenge: Certificate upon passing grade of 80% of test.
Cost: Free
For more details or questions please contact mediaopenbroadcaster.com
SGC Alert Ready Configuration Pelmorex Self Generated Test Alerts
Languages
Newest Observer version 5.3.1 includes Support for most international languages, including Indigenous dialects. ISO 639-3 provides a unique three-letter code for 7,546 human languages, whether living, extinct, ancient, historical or artificial.
EAS Activity in US
FCC recently released an updated 2023 version of its EAS Operating Handbook. FCC rules in US require that a copy of this Handbook be located with EAS equipment locations.
Call out to Barry@BDR (Broadcasters’ Desktop Resource) as an excellent source of EAS news.
In US, EAS boxes beginning Dec 31 2023 must be capable of 32 Bit Audio. Our systems already handle 32-bit floating point encoded audio in both big endian and little endian formats
Cabin Radio – How long does it take to get a CRTC radio licence?
After 3 three and half years, CRTC returned this application as “unread” and prohibited Cabin from reapplying for at least 2 years. CRTC could be a little more Supportive for the communities’ choice of radio from small town Canadian broadcasters located in northern Canada.
CLI Tool
Yet another useful ob cli command. (replaces password_hash.php in tools dir)
OpenBroadcaster API Tools for CJUC Radio
Check out the Collection of CJUC Now Playing Metadata publishing tools from Brett Elliot Whitehorse Yukon. They are available for the community on CodePen.