Nationwide footprint of 820 stations

NPR continuously monitors Primary-Entry-Point system

Retransmit all National Level messages

Tested weekly

In 2000, NPR established "National Emergency Transmission" system for "off hours" immediacy

Can redirect local programming during Level 4 and 5 emergencies for participating local member stations

Inexpensive, non-falsing protocol

System can be utilized to route national ERS information to local RRS's -- or to receiver displays for Live Radio Captioning