
WASHINGTON — As a reminder, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a mandatory nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 2:20 PM EDT.


Bob Olsen is retired from a career in commercial radio broadcasting where he worked as an announcer, on-air personality, program director and consultant. Over a rwenty year period he worked at stations: KECC, WLRC, WQDC, WSVC, WBCM, WTRX and WFDF.
Bob is a re-tread ham. First licensed as a Novice in 1967, his original call sign was WN8YHT.
Bob served seven terms as the Chairperson of the Genesee County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Incorporated (GCARES) Board of Directors and was their Director of Special Projects for ten years. GCARES was a 501(c)(3), tax exempt, not-for-profit, organization founded in 1978 by local Federal Communications Commission licensed Amateur Radio operators.
He has held the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Appointments of: Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Emergency Station and others. His responses with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service organization and the National Weather Service led to his being honored by the City of Burton, MI and the Michigan State Police.