Talk:Emergency Broadcast System

message: A memo contained in this PDF folder from Reagan Library mentions existence of prerecorded tapes stored at the FEMA Special Facility for use in nuclear war. Can someone with expertise editing this article possibly add the content about the tapes to this EBS article in the proper area with footnote? Thanks. I really am not skilled in editing. https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/2022-03/40-654-6207642-019-002-2021.pdf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.114.226 (talk) 04:22, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Priority Four Prerecorded Tapes

message: NBC Nightly News aired a segment mentioning that the EBS/EAS would be updated to include newer, personal technologies, during its broadcast on the evening of Wednesday, July 12, 2006 (video can be seen here - mms://msnbc.wmod.llnwd.net/a275/e1/video/100/nn_netcast_060712.asf - the segment is in the 2nd half of the broadcast, I think.  There is a related text story here - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13833874/ ).  I was just wondering if that information should or would be included in this article.  In advance, thank you.
Digital_Guy, 07/13/2006 4:50 a.m. EST
:Shouldn't the information you refer to be included in the article on the Emergency Alert System rather than in this article? This article should only be about the historical EBS. --Charlene.fic 10:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The implementation began in 1994 and ended in 1997. It took three years to fully implement the new EAS simply because it took three years to get every station on the system. Most of the big stations could afford to change right away, but there were still thousands of individually owned radio stations out there that couldn't afford to go out and buy an EAS transmitter the day the FCC handed down the new rules. The FCC gave them three years to change over. (Also, the FCC wasn't quite sure if the manufacturers of the decoders could provide enough decoders by 1994.) Many FCC rule changes are implemented over a period of years for these two reasons - owners are often unable to immediately afford changes that may cost money and new technology may not be immediately available for practical reasons. --Charlene.fic 10:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  NBC Report - Updated EBS/EAS - July 12, 2006 

message: In the article it says:
Despite these safeguards, the system was inadvertently activated at 9:33 AM EST on February 20, 1971. A system operator accidentally "played the wrong tape" during a test of the system. As a result, an EBS activation message authenticated with the codeword "HATEFULNESS" was sent through the entire system, ordering stations to cease regular programming and broadcast the alert of a national emergency. A cancellation message with the wrong codeword was sent at 9:59 AM EST; a cancellation message with the correct codeword was not sent until 10:13 AM EST. This false alarm demonstrated major flaws in the EBS system. Many stations had not received the alert, but more importantly, the vast majority of those that did ignored it. The only station in the country that shut down as mandated by FCC rules was WSNS-TV (Ch 44) in Chicago. Numerous investigations were launched, and several changes were made to the EBS. Among them, the on-air alert announcement was streamlined, eliminating language that warned the audience of an imminent attack against the country.
According to http://stlradio.net/pix/ebsaccident2.jpg and http://stlradio.net/pix/ebsaccident3.jpg, the first message had the codeword "HATEFULNESS" and the second one "IMPISH". So was the one with the correct codeword sent first or were there different codewords for starting and stopping the alarm?
--91.141.23.149 23:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  False alarm 

message: The article currently contains a link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecsu13U5VuI under the title "A 1984 EBS Test on WFLD-TV, Chicago".  However, when I click on it, YouTube says "This is a private video. If you have been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender's friend request."  Shouldn't a linked media file be readily available, or is this OK?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.240.14 (talk) 06:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link trouble 

message: What are the contradictions with the other article that we are warned about by the banner?Ccrrccrr (talk) 02:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, both are, technically, correct. 68.149.121.27 (talk) 14:28, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradictions 

message: 1)removed youtube and retrojunk links.it does not have any infomation.
2)removed sound effects websites.these websites is not either.71.168.195.86 (talk) 19:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  external link removal 

message: In the article, the codewords for the 1971 false alarm (ie "hatefulness" and "impish") keep changing back and forth between all caps and all small letters. Is it possible to decide on one size of letters? 68.149.121.27 (talk) 22:41, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  False alarm codewords 

message: The article calls 853 Hz and 960 Hz "a completely disharmonic combination". I plugged them into my calculator, and 960:853 looks pretty close to the 9:8 ratio of a just major second. So do we have any reliable sources about the choice of frequencies? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 13:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's a major second 

message: Came here to look for information on why the name was changed only to discover that the underlying system was "replaced," although there seems to be little explanation of what's new or/why here or on the "EAS" page; wish they'd kept the original name... --Belg4mit (talk) 04:37, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why discontinued? 

message: This has been in the news of late. I was wondering if this should be included in the article. I am not good at editing and have not edited since I retired so I hope someone else can include this in a proper mannor. Thank you. Magnum Serpentine (talk) 20:34, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest Hacking Incidents involving the EBS System and Zombies 

message: Can we have references that document people being scared of the EBS tests? MightyArms (talk) 20:13, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scared of the EBS test? 

message: A nuke is coming 2A01:CB1D:8287:8A00:3056:C8C3:DB24:258 (talk) 18:46, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  France 

message: https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/broadcasts/215025 Victor Grigas (talk) 14:10, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another mistake