Freinwald to Resign Washington SECC’s Chair
Will step down in September after 25 years leading the state’s committee Published: July 20, 2021
Clay Freinwald, left, and Kenny Gibson are shown on-site during a transmitter installation job at KQWS(FM) in Omak, Wash.
In September, Clay Freinwald will step down from his role as chair of the State Emergency Communications Committee in Washington state.
He has held that volunteer position longer than the Emergency Alert System has existed. Indeed, in 1996, when Freinwald was asked by Entercom engineer John Price and the late Jimmy Hocutt of the state’s Emergency Management Division to chair the SECC, the task at hand was to help write the state EAS plan, because the FCC was phasing out the Emergency Broadcasting System.