Feb 202013
I’ve only rarely heard the Emergency Broadcast System used for anything but tests (a few times it was used for weather alerts, such as tornados). It has never been used for what it was really meant for… telling people that the nukes were on their way. But it seems it was accidentally used for just that, in 1971. An interesting tale:
Code Word “Hatefulness”: The Great EBS Scare of 1971
A recording exists of radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana, dealing with this escapade:
[youtube Yu4r79l8P8I]
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A pre-recorded nuclear attack warning announcement for Philadelphia radio station WFIL, also from the early 1970’s:
[youtube wgovEUZ7jz0]
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An early 1950’s nuclear attack warning for Los Angeles:
[youtube GDcCGVceEt8]