StayAlert Origins
Allen Hartle,
Executive Director of StayAlert, is a broadcast engineer and serial entrepreneur who began his 14-year career at Seattle's KZOK-FM. He went on to advance the radio industry with FM RDS sub-carrier technology for over 30 years, serving thousands of radio stations and millions of listeners worldwide.
The FM RDS sub-carrier products began as outdoor electronic signs that display Artist & Title
RDS evolved into Artist & Title displays you see in car dashboards today
Integrated in three generations of iPod Nano MP3 players
Inside Microsoft Zune as well
For 2025
In 2012 the StayAlert team collaborated with FEMA & NPR Labs to create an Alert system serving 26 Gulf State radio markets.
This StayAlert project served the hard of hearing and deaf community
This national project demonstrated an emergency alerting system for the deaf and hard-of-hearing population in the U.S. using broadcast radio as the transmission medium.
This affordable radio receiver interfaces RDS radio data to real world functions such as bright beacon flashing, and bed shakers.
An optional screen can be attached for visual information.
StayAlert Contributors
Joop Beunders
Mentor, friend, electronic designer and RDS pioneer
The Organizations
StayAlert is a Washington 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing Public Safety Services in San Juan County, Wa.
KIXP 102.3 FM Our LPFM serving Eastsound, WA
Volunteers/People/Contributors
In memory of our dear friend and mentor Joop Beunders.
Allen Hartle - Executive Director & Senior Adviser
Contact: allen@stayalert.org
Bio Website: allenhartle.com
Crista Staff (left to right)
Garrett Duguay Tech Wizard
Tim Vick - IT Director & Tower Climber!
Aaron Hume - Chief Engineer
Hardware
Contact us
We are located on the corner of "A" Street & North Beach Road in Eastsound, Wa. on Orcas Island.
Current capabilities now include:
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FM Broadcast 102.3 KIXP FM
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Streaming Media services: KIXP.org & Orcasradio.org
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FCC mandated EAS equipment including weekly tests.
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Community round table studio
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Backup power
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Rock Island fiber Internet
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Starlink satellite data service
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Buck Mt remote studio
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Eagle Ridge (Mt Constitution) backup operations