Right during rush. hope it’s short. I won’t miss abc’s top of the hour news.
scary they have that power. bet they could turn off all electronic networks with the flick of a switch. TV/Radio/Cell
I still have my CB radio at least. But i bet they have a way to jam the signal of that as well.
That power BELONGS to US!!
These people need to GO!!
Short of a thermonuclear EMP pulse or shooting down the communications satellites, they can't. Radio and television stations go along with the Emergency Alert System. It's not the government actually shutting them off, which, short of the above mentioned scenarios, they physically can't do.
The Internet is a different story. Strange as it sounds, the Internet is the creation of the Department of Defense, and they can turn it off like a switch. Radio and television? Not.
Here in Michigan, Rush comes back on after commercials at 2:06 so hopefully just fewer commercials. Most AM radio ads are kinda lame anyway.
As one comment says at the main article, don’t use your CB radio during these tests. They want to know who has them.
If it is right smack at the top of the hour, it will not interfere at all; that is usually when the stations do the news.
CB probably not even on their radar since most people don’t have power licensing and equipment to go more than a few miles. Plus they can triangulate or just “see” the equipment and know where it is.