Sec.  11.44   EAS message priorities.

   (a) A national activation of the EAS for a Presidential message with the
   Event code EAN as specified in  Sec. 11.31 must take priority over any other
   message and preempt it if it is in progress.

   (b) EAS participants should transmit other EAS messages in the following
   order:  first, Local Area Messages; second, State Messages; and third,
   National Information Center (NIC) Messages.

   (c) Key EAS sources (NP, LP, SP and SR) and Participating National (PN)
   sources  that remain on the air during a National emergency must carry
   Presidential Messages “live” at the time of transmission or immediately upon
   receipt. Activation of the National level EAS must preempt State and Local
   Area EAS operation.

   (d) During a national emergency, the facilities of all EAS Participants must
   be reserved exclusively for distribution of Presidential Messages. NIC
   messages received from national networks which are not broadcast at the time
   of  original  transmission  must be recorded locally by LP sources for
   transmission  at  the earliest opportunity consistent with the message
   priorities in paragraph (b) of this section.

   [ 59 FR 67092 , Dec. 28, 1994, as amended by  70 FR 71034 , Nov. 25, 2005]