WSCA Station Handbook and Training Manual - Prometheus Radio ...

adjacent to the receiver. These messages are stored in the print spooler; a blinking light will
appear at the print button, when there are messages ready to print. You do not need to do this!
The messages are shorthand, coded and somewhat hard to decipher. Our participation in these
alerts is optional! Our broadcast area is covered by several larger, more powerful stations that
are responsible for broadcasting these alerts. However, if the alert is weather related, you will
find the same information on the National Weather service website which is the homepage on the
in studio computer. Feel free to pass on this valuable weather information to our listeners as a
public service, especially if the notification is specific to Portsmouth and the immediately
surrounding communities.
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