From mike at brownbroadcast.com Mon Aug 8 08:54:17 2022 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 08:54:17 -0700 Subject: [grc] RADIO FOR PEOPLE Zoom Call **TOMORROW, AUGUST 9** 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Message-ID: <005401d8ab3f$1de3fe40$59abfac0$@brownbroadcast.com> Please join us TOMORROW Tuesday August 9, for the RADIO FOR PEOPLE Zoom Call - 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Same Zoom link as last month. The link is not posted publicly. For a link to the meeting: betty at c-map.org Preliminary Agenda: ---will follow momentarily__ Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 From mike at brownbroadcast.com Mon Aug 8 12:00:18 2022 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 12:00:18 -0700 Subject: [grc] AGENDA FOR RADIO FOR PEOPLE Zoom Call **TOMORROW, Tuesday AUGUST 9** 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Message-ID: <00cd01d8ab59$1abef1b0$503cd510$@brownbroadcast.com> Please join us TOMORROW Tuesday August 9, for the RADIO FOR PEOPLE Zoom Call - 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Same Zoom link as last month. The link is not posted publicly. For a link to the meeting: betty at c-map.org >> Folks from WMMT, Whitesburg, (southeastern KY) will be joining us.. Their studio was inundated with several feet of floodwaters, and they?re struggling to get back on the air. Their 15,000 watt signal covers parts of 5 states. << https://www.facebook.com/wmmtfm https://wmmt.org/ PRELIMINARY AGENDA --FCC Updates FCC Processing updates - FCC issues first batch of 27 MX Group Decisions based on Points Comments on FM Band Expansion NPRM are closed FCC cracking down on stations that are silent for 25% or more of their license term FCC issues new reminder to update EAS boxes (but no new updates have been distributed this year) Other FCC updates --Station Updates (including applications & grants) Community Station WMMT ?Possum Radio? in eastern Kentucky is flooded out - looking for help? --Conferences and training --Anything else? Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 From mike at brownbroadcast.com Tue Aug 9 00:05:47 2022 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 00:05:47 -0700 Subject: [grc] Radio For People Zoom Call -- Today (Tuesday) - 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Message-ID: <002501d8abbe$740992b0$5c1cb810$@brownbroadcast.com> Please join us today, Tuesday August 9, for the RADIO FOR PEOPLE Zoom Call - 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT Same Zoom link as last month. The link is not posted publicly. For a link to the meeting: betty at c-map.org >> Folks from WMMT, Whitesburg, (southeastern KY) will be joining us.. Their studio was inundated with several feet of floodwaters, and they?re struggling to get back on the air. Their 15,000 watt signal covers parts of 5 states. << https://www.facebook.com/wmmtfm https://wmmt.org/ PRELIMINARY AGENDA --FCC Updates FCC Processing updates - FCC issues first batch of 27 MX Group Decisions based on Points Comments on FM Band Expansion NPRM are closed FCC cracking down on stations that are silent for 25% or more of their license term FCC issues new reminder to update EAS boxes (but no new updates have been distributed this year) Other FCC updates --Station Updates (including applications & grants) Community Station WMMT ?Possum Radio? in eastern Kentucky is flooded out - looking for help? --Conferences and training --Anything else? Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 From dxklann at pm.me Fri Aug 12 10:34:50 2022 From: dxklann at pm.me (David Klann) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:34:50 +0000 Subject: [grc] More on EAS Vulnerabilitiies Message-ID: <3a554043-1f6a-cd61-00b6-70cec9f74029@pm.me> Hi Folks! Apologies for the wide cross-posting of this information. In a post at Krebs On Security on August 12, 2022, Brian Krebs reports more details on the recently announced EAS vulnerabilities. I'm guessing that at least some of the EAS device manufacturers are going to scramble to update their firmware after (or before) this weekend's DefCon session... The article gets quite technical, but the bottom line is that it's likely there are still vulnerabilities in your EAS device -- even IF you've updated to the latest available version. Details and links in the article at https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/08/sounding-the-alarm-on-emergency-alert-system-flaws/ I recommend building "EAS Update" into your station's policies! Since they happen irregularly (unlike some computer operating systems), you need to subscribe to your vendor's announcement channel in order to be notified of firmware updates. Shout out to WCCO TV in Minneapolis for providing thei r viewers with an explainer video on EAS! ~David Klann Broadcast Tool & Die broadcasttool.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 855 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ursula at pacifica.org Tue Aug 23 14:44:08 2022 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:44:08 -0500 Subject: [grc] Content on Ukraine Coming from Ukrainian Network Message-ID: Looking for Content about the war on Ukraine? 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