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Stations didn't inform deaf viewers of hurricane

by Adam Finley, posted Aug 17th 2005 8:59PM

Two TV stations in Florida may have to pay a fine of $24,000 a piece for not adequately informing their deaf viewers of Hurricane Charley's approach last year. Complaints were filed by one individual and two organizations which claimed two affiliates (one ABC, one NBC) did not provide a visual example of the emergency situation to those who needed it. Based on my minimal experience with this subject (I lived with a deaf girl for a few months) this doesn't come as a great surprise to me. Save for closed-captioning, which is typically sub-par, TV has never sufficiently provided information to the hearing-impaired.

 

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Pete

Actually the accessible emergency information thing is an FCC Rule. As for the poster who recommended all the equipment. I'm deaf, buy me all that equipment, I need a set for work,home, every friend's house.

August 18 2005 at 4:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Belgand

Frankly I hate those weather notifications on television. I end up with a giant graphic notifying me of something that either isn't happening anywhere near where I live or even if it is isn't something I care about in the slightest (thunderstorms? Bah! tornados? I'll care when I hear the sirens go off). Even worse is that I typically watch this stuff on TiVo days later so I now get the joy of seeing a constant, paranoid weather notice days later. Even worse is when it (or far, far worse advertising) obscures important subtitles or other lower-screen information.

August 18 2005 at 11:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Emily

radios for the hearing impaired...now why didn't I think of that?

August 18 2005 at 11:14 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam the Deaf

What hearing impaired need is Midland Weather Alert Radio (WA300) http://www.computty.com/com/product/signdevice/wa300.html Compu-TTY KA300 Alarm Monitor Receiver http://www.computty.com/com/product/signdevice/ka300rx.html"> KAWA300 Transmitter http://www.computty.com/com/product/signdevice/ka300tx.html

August 18 2005 at 10:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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