Public Media Serving Public Safety

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) seeks to better understand how public media, comprising public radio and television stations and their national organizations, can support mandatory and discretionary public safety services beyond the traditional distribution of audio and video content. To assist with this effort, CPB retained Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) to:

• Identify and assess the ways in which public, private, and commercial media currently support public safety and emergency alerting across the U.S.
• Provide CPB with a white paper and presentation discussing opportunities and making recommendations on where and how public media can enhance its public safety support services.