EAS Monitoring 2013

MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS

STATE PRIMARY-- WMSI-FM 102.9
1. WMPN-FM 91.3
2. MISS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 45.920
3. NOAA WEATHER RADIO
4. MISS. HIGHWAY PATROL (BellSouth)
5. PRIMARY ENTRY POINT (Proposed)

STATE PRIMARY-2-- WMPN-FM 91.3
1. WMSI-FM 102.9
2. NOAA WEATHER RADIO

LOCAL AREA: CENTRAL
(Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Warren, Yazoo)
1. WMSI-FM 102.9
2. WMPN-FM 91.3

LOCAL AREA: WEST-CENTRAL
(Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Washington, Yalobusha)
1. WYMX-FM 99.1
2. WMAO-FM 90.9

LOCAL AREA: EAST-CENTRAL
(Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton)
1. WJDQ-FM 101.3
2. WMAW-FM 88.1

LOCAL AREA: SOUTHWEST
(Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson)
1. WQNZ-FM 95.1 (Stations unable to receive may monitor WAKH-FM 105.7)
2. WMAU-FM 88.9

LOCAL AREA: SOUTHEAST
(Covington, Greene, Forrest, Jeff Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Wayne)
1. WXRR-FM 104.5
2. WMAH-FM 90.3

LOCAL AREA: GULF COAST
(George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone)
1. WKNN-FM 99.1
2. WMAH-FM 90.3

LOCAL AREA: NORTHWEST
(Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica)
1. WBLE-FM 100.5
2. WMAV-FM 90.3

LOCAL AREA: NORTHEAST
(Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union)
1. WZLQ-FM 98.5
2. WMAE-FM 89.5

LOCAL AREA: GOLDEN TRIANGLE
(Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston)
1. WMBC-FM 103.1
2. WMAB-FM 89.9

NORTHEAST RELAY: WFCA-FM 107.9
1. WMSI-FM 102.9
2. WMBC-FM 103.1
3. WMAB-FM 89.9

EAST-CENTRAL RELAY: WQST-FM 92.5 (Proposed)
1. WMSI-FM 102.9
2. WMPN-FM 91.3

LOCAL PRIMARY MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS
CENTRAL: WMSI-FM 1. WMPN-FM 91.3
WEST-CENTRAL: WYMX-FM 1. WMSI-FM 102.9 2. WMAO-FM 90.9
EAST-CENTRAL: WJDQ-FM 1. WQST-FM 92.5 (Prop) 2. WMAW-FM 88.1
SOUTHWEST: WQNZ-FM 1. WMSI-FM 102.9 2. WMAU-FM 88.9
SOUTHEAST: WXRR-FM 1. WMSI-PM 102.9 2. WMAH-FM 90.3
GULF COAST: WKNN-FM 1. WXRR-FM 104.5 2. WMAH-FM 90.3
NORTHWEST: WBLE-FM 1. WYMX-FM 99.1 2. WMAV-FM 90.3
NORTHEAST: WZLQ-FM 1. WFCA-FM 107.9 2. WMAE-FM 89.5
GOLDEN TRIANGLE: WMBC-FM 1. WFCA-FM 107.9 2. WMAB-FM 89.9

LOCAL PRIMARY STATION AGREEMENT
Local primary stations and relay stations agree to pass through with minimal delay the following EAS codes:
-TOR (Tornado warning)
-FFW (Flash flood warning)
-CEM(Civil emergency message)
-CAE (Child abduction eme~gency)
-RMT (Required monthly test)
-EAN (Emergency action notification) (NO delay is permitted)

MONTHLY TEST SCHEDULE
The required monthly test is originated by one of four sources on a rotating basis: State Primary (WMSI-FM), NOAA Weather Radio, Miss. Emergency Management and the Miss. Highway Patrol. All tests except from NOAA are coded statewide. if a scheduled test is missed for any reason, it should be made up the following day at the same time as the scheduled test. If a scheduled test falls on a major holiday or on a day when severe weather or an actual emergency is occurring, the test may be postponed until the following day.

The test schedule is as follows on the first Monday of each month for 2013:

Monday, January 7       10:45am   MEMA originates
Monday, February 4      6:45am   WMSI originates
Monday, March 4          3:45pm   NOAA originates
Monday, April 1            6:45am   WMSI originates
Monday, May 6            1:45pm   MHP originates
Monday, June 3           6:45am   WMSI originates
Monday, July 1             9:45am    NOAA originates
Monday, August 5         6:45am    MEMA originates
Tuesday, September 3   4:45pm   NOAA originates
Monday, October 7        6:45am   WMSI originates
Monday, November 4     2:45pm   NOAA originates
Monday, December 2     6:45am    MHP originates