FCC Operations Center Open for Business

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The FCC reminds broadcasters, cable operators, wired or
wireless service providers who need to contact the FCC about any
Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy-related emergency communications issues that the
FCC operations center is available Sunday, Oct. 28.

The phone number is 202-418-1122 or email at
FCCOPCenter@fcc.gov.

The FCC has also released a tip
sheet on communicating during national disasters "to assist people to
be aware of their communications options - through nine easy measures -- so
they can effectively seek to maintain communications during an emergency
situation."

No. 9 on that list: "Tune-in to broadcast and radio
news for important news alerts."

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.