So what happens is that NPR manages public radio satellite systems. They receive emergency alerts, they tell us to get out of the way. PBS operates those warning, alert and response networks which then transmits over 11,000 emergency alerts alone last year. a 30% increase from the previous year. So why are we talking about cutting off emergency alerts? That's 1,000 times these stations were warned to tell people that their lives were in danger. (00:43–00:53)
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Asserts that PBS operates networks that transmitted over 11,000 emergency alerts last year.
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