Hawaii gets a PEP station KHKA CBS 1500

Tue May 30 15:16:46 UTC 2023

Hawaii has been unique since the beginning of EBS.

The State of Hawaii EOC acted as the local Primary Entry Point.  All the 
other PEP stations on the mainland are commercial broadcast stations, 
based on early EBS working agreements between NAB, White House, FCC and 
predecessor agencies of FEMA.

AM-radio station KHKA, CBS 1500 is now designated as one of the FEMA "PEP" 
(now called NPWS) stations.  Another article says KHKA would also acts as 
a terresterial backup PEP relay for Guam and American Samoa. I don't know 
my AM propagation effects over oceans, how effective that would be.

CONELRAD's original purpose was preventing long-range targetting based on 
AM tower transmissions, so that would be almost full-circle.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/25/fema-unveils-disaster-resistant-broadcast-studio-hawaii/