Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
I've held off on this upload for way too long, so I might as well get it over with right now.
Around midnight on February 4, 2021, Local Siouxland CBS affiliate moved from being a part of KMEG to a subchannel of local Fox affiliate KPTH. During this time, the subchannels for both stations swapped around from station to station. (for example, TBD moved from KMEG-DT2 to KPTH-DT2, Stadium moved from KPTH-DT4 to KMEG-DT4, and so on.)
It just so happens to be that I was flipping through the two channels after the switchover had occurred to see the change happening in real time, then I stumbled upon KPTH-DT2 (Dabl's former home) to see this. Looks like DIRECTV noticed they were having issues (presumably) and pulled up their technical difficulties slide, despite the fact I doubt anybody would've been watching TV around that time. (besides me, lol)
Recorded on February 4, 2021 at around 12:00 AM CT via DVR, played back at around 9:50 AM on the same day. (I had a recording from when it was happening, but that included a bunch of local channel surfing, so I chose this one instead.)
I've held off on this upload for way too long, so I might as well get it over with right now.
Around midnight on February 4, 2021, Local Siouxland CBS affiliate moved from being a part of KMEG to a subchannel of local Fox affiliate KPTH. During this time, the subchannels for both stations swapped around from station to station. (for example, TBD moved from KMEG-DT2 to KPTH-DT2, Stadium moved from KPTH-DT4 to KMEG-DT4, and so on.)
It just so happens to be that I was flipping through the two channels after the switchover had occurred to see the change happening in real time, then I stumbled upon KPTH-DT2 (Dabl's former home) to see this. Looks like DIRECTV noticed they were having issues (presumably) and pulled up their technical difficulties slide, despite the fact I doubt anybody would've been watching TV around that time. (besides me, lol)
Recorded on February 4, 2021 at around 12:00 AM CT via DVR, played back at around 9:50 AM on the same day. (I had a recording from when it was happening, but that included a bunch of local channel surfing, so I chose this one instead.)

![DIRECTV National Emergency Alert System Test (November 9, 2011; multiple perspectives)
[for the impatient: test happens at 1:34]
Fun fact: I had produced a video like this a while back, but I seemingly lost the files (plus found a few more recordings)
Source credit (in order of appearances):
https://youtu.be/H_KVT7OAayg
https://youtu.be/G3afc2DX_24
https://youtu.be/aDpyx-IOS_g
https://youtu.be/BW6wm1Z24dg
https://youtu.be/9bypDulAWUg
https://youtu.be/QtlZGNmPS5k
https://youtu.be/UkrPWPlOHYc
https://youtu.be/E8jazrvYJdM
https://youtu.be/y58ZGNdWgus
https://youtu.be/sfcFvJQRqok
https://youtu.be/jWRpC52-Nvg DIRECTV National Emergency Alert System Test (November 9, 2011; multiple perspectives)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c4HhVxnGizo/mqdefault.jpg)
![Trilithic EASyPLUS Local Access Alert Demonstration
[originally recorded on August 26, 2019]
A demonstration of a Local Access Alert initiated by a Trilithic EASyPLUS. Normally, these would have to be activated via a working phone line, however by enabling a specific event through the EASyPLUS software, as well as having it receive SAME headers for that specific event code(s), it will display the screen, albeit without audio as that is expected to come from an active phone line.
This was originally uploaded to FrixTheSecond about 2 months after I recorded this to tape but had it unlisted because I didnt see it fit anywhere on the channel. I have decided to upload it here instead because somebody has been bugging me on-and-off to publish this to YouTube.
The original upload had audio taken from themaddoktors recording of an actual message: https://youtu.be/c6pUIp2V1kc, but since the original VHS recording of this had no audio, it was removed prior to uploading here. Trilithic EASyPLUS Local Access Alert Demonstration](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cVsrgP0JG98/mqdefault.jpg)
![KTIV (NBC) Required Weekly Test - June 4, 2021 (ticker-only)
[This video contains copyrighted material. As a result, it had been blocked worldwide and required a reupload blocking out the material.]
Overheard this and knew that I just had to capture it. Interesting that they decide to test weekly this week, considering that there was a Required Monthly Test that happened a few days prior.
Initially recorded at around 11:01 PM on June 4, 2021 on KTIV (NBC affiliate for Sioux City), captured via DIRECTV very early in the morning on June 5, 2021. The footage was taken out because NBCUniversal rightfully claimed it, which led to a worldwide block. I did include a bit of footage in the beginning, but very brief bc Im pretty sure that if I kept any more in then they might claim that as well. KTIV (NBC) Required Weekly Test - June 4, 2021 (ticker-only)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cXPO8SjYQ_g/mqdefault.jpg)






