Minority Advocates Push Multilingual EAS at D.C. Summit

MINORITY ADVOCATES PUSH MULTILINGUAL EAS AT DC SUMMIT
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
At an EAS Summit for broadcasters in Washington, D.C., the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, the Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ argued that "tens of millions of Americans are not fluent in English, and there are no stations broadcasting in their languages in many cities. In many cities, multilingual stations are so few in number that damage to one outlet would deprive the market of broadcast communications in one or more widely spoken languages." They argued that the multilingual Universal Emergency Broadcasting system would go well beyond EAS' "get to safety" warnings to provide a lot more information.
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