Why the Emergency Broadcast message in the middle of Lost finale?

[JimmyMC]

Who on earth decided to have an emergency broadcast alert in the middle of the Lost finale--especially at a part when minutes of a conversation was lost? Whoever pushed the button on this, needs to be fired.

[film111]

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@JimmyMC wrote:

Who on earth decided to have an emergency broadcast alert in the middle of the Lost finale--especially at a part when minutes of a conversation was lost? Whoever pushed the button on this, needs to be fired.

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You think that's bad?  The one-time-only HD presentation of David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DR was interrupted by the EBS test not once, not twice...but FIVE TIMES!!  You, at least, can watch the LOST finale in HD via OnDemand.  But I can't rewatch the Lynch film...and there are no further HD showings of it.

I understand that the EBS test may be legally required...but it seems to be going overboard lately. 

[hockeyplayer]

When did that Emergency Broadcast message come, because I ddn't receive it. 

[Keyboards]

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@hockeyplayer wrote:

When did that Emergency Broadcast message come, because I ddn't receive it. 

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It is done on either a VHO or CO (regional or local) level - not sure which.  As an example, just because someone in S. Jersey has it happen it won't necessarily happen in N. Jersey (different VHO and CO).