[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR11.44]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 11--EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Organization
 
Sec.  11.44  EAS message priorities.

    (a) A national activation of the EAS for a Presidential message with 
the Event code EAN as specified in Sec.  11.31 must take priority over 
any other message and preempt it if it is in progress.
    (b) EAS participants should transmit other EAS messages in the 
following order: first, Local Area Messages; second, State Messages; and 
third, National Information Center (NIC) Messages.
    (c) Key EAS sources (NP, LP, SP and SR) and Participating National 
(PN) sources that remain on the air during a National emergency must 
carry Presidential Messages ``live'' at the time of transmission or 
immediately upon receipt. Activation of the National level EAS must 
preempt State and Local Area EAS operation.
    (d) During a national emergency, the radio and television broadcast 
network program distribution facilities must be reserved exclusively for 
distribution of

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Presidential Messages. NIC messages received from national networks 
which are not broadcast at the time of original transmission must be 
recorded locally by LP sources for transmission at the earliest 
opportunity consistent with the message priorities in paragraph (b) of 
this section.