But if you didn't have your TV on, or didn't have a TV, you wouldn't get the warning anyway. Me, I gave up on getting my weather data from the broadcast media when I woke up one morning to go to the bathroom and found the house half flooded, turned on the local 50kW FM station to find out what the hell was going on only to find their inane morning crew doing their normal mindless blather as if nothing had happened.
As someone who has worked in the media before I have to side with the TV channels on this issue and not only that but applaud them for actually caring about severe weather. However due to Al Gore's initiative in the 90s to replace the Emergency Broadcast System which worked on a chain of communication with the Emergency Alert System which created a confusing web of communication that required multiple monitoring stations even if the EAS wasn't required to be used in the even of weather emergencies. Also most stations and owners have no clue on how the equipment works, don't have it setup properly, or just simply break in to programming using non-EAS equipment. It is a mess and is one point where the government needs more oversight and clarification of regulations. When used correctly it can save lives and inform the public of important and lifesaving information. Though in deregulation of media alot of stations simply don't care about weather when it comes to radio.