Travelers’ Information Station operators need “utmost leeway” when disasters like...
Travelers’ Information Station operators need “utmost leeway” when disasters like Superstorm Sandy or the shooting in Newtown, Conn., occur, the American Association of Information Radio Operators told the FCC in a supplemental ex parte filing containing exchanges from public safety…
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officials (http://xrl.us/bn9s4v). The association said the authority of these operators should be “explicitly included in Section 90.242 of the FCC’s rules” and not “arbitrarily” limited, with options for broadcasting information before the emergencies happen. Such a change is needed in order for these operators to be “a primary source of pre-emergency and emergency information,” as intended, the association said.