{"id":25254,"date":"2013-11-06T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=25254"},"modified":"2013-11-06T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T20:53:23","slug":"pilot-radio-project-targets-alerts-for-the-deaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/11\/06\/pilot-radio-project-targets-alerts-for-the-deaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Radio Project Targets Alerts for the Deaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPilot Radio Project Targets Alerts for the Deaf<\/strong>
\n<\/h2>\n

\n\tOctober 23, 2013\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe R&D arm of NPR is involved in a pilot project to deliver emergency alerts to deaf and hard-of-hearing people in several Gulf states.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the cooperative project with NPR Labs. “Twenty-five NPR-affiliated public radio stations throughout Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas agreed to participate in the pilot project to transmit emergency alert messages, such as weather alerts, to 475 individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing in the stations’ listening areas to determine how effectively the messages are being sent and received,” FEMA stated.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThat region was chosen because of its often-extreme weather conditions. The announcement was made by Damon Penn, assistant administrator for FEMA’s National Continuity Programs Directorate, and Mike Starling, executive director of NPR Labs. The initiative is part of a contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate and FEMA’s National Continuity Programs.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe stations will receive alert messages from FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, or IPAWS. The network operations center of the Public Radio Satellite System will uplink the warnings to the stations; stations will broadcast the alerts to FM Radio Data System (RDS) receivers that alert participants with a flasher. The receivers can display the message through the receiver’s display, and users can also connect a strobe light or bed-shaker alerting device to the receiver.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStarling stated that a goal of the program is to assure that all individuals can be informed of emergencies even when electricity, the Internet and other communications channels are unavailable.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFM stations participating: \n<\/p>\n

\n\tAlabama: WUAL, Tuscaloosa; WBHM, Birmingham; WLRH, Huntsville; WJAB, Huntsville\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFlorida: WUSF, Tampa; WLRN, Miami; WPBI, West Palm Beach; WUFT, Gainesville; WMFE, Orlando; WFSU, Tallahassee; WGCU, Fort Meyers; WJCT, Jacksonville; WQCS, Fort Pierce\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLouisiana: KDAQ, Shreveport; WWNO, New Orleans; WRKF, Baton Rouge; KRVS, Lafayette\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMississippi: WMPN, Jackson\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTexas: KERA, Dallas; KUHF, Houston; KETR, Commerce; KUT, Austin; KMBH, Harlingen; KEDT, Corpus Christi and KVLU, Beaumont. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tSOURCE:\n<\/p>\n

\n\thttp:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/article\/pilot-radio-project-targets-alerts-for-the-deaf\/221989<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pilot Radio Project Targets Alerts for the Deaf October 23, 2013 The R&D arm of NPR is involved in a pilot project to deliver emergency alerts to deaf and hard-of-hearing people in several Gulf states. The Federal Emergency Management Agency…<\/p>\n

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