Broadcasters have told the FCC that if it does not extend its waiver of the requirement to provide oral descriptions of weather radar and other visual emergency information, they may have to cut back on those graphics for everyone.
The FCC adopted an Audible Crawl Rule in April 2013 requiring TV stations, by May 26, to present aurally on a secondary audio program stream any non-newscast emergency information that a station presents visually. On March 27, the NAB filed a petition urging the FCC to grant a six-month extension of this deadline. On Tuesday, the granted the request, extending the general compliance deadline by six months to Nov. 30.
