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|title=<center>Emergency Broadcast System</center>
|title=<center>Emergency Broadcast System (tests and warnings)</center>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|image=Emergency broadcast system.jpg
|datefound=Various Years
|imagecaption=A video slide that was used to announce an EBS test on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota.
|foundby=Various People
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
}}
}}
The '''Emergency Broadcast System,''' also called the '''Emergency Action Notification System''' was an emergency warning system used in the United States from 1963 in which replaced the CONELRAD and up until 1997 where it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System. However, as the EBS was replaced by the EAS, recordings of EBS Tests & Warnings have become obscure and very hard to find.


The '''Emergency Broadcast System,''' also called the '''Emergency Action Notification System''' was an emergency warning system used in the United States from 1963 until 1997 in which replaced the CONELRAD and later on was replaced by the Emergency Alert System. Ever since the EBS was replaced by the EAS, recordings of EBS Tests & warnings became obscure and very hard to find.
==EBS Broadcasts==
===EBS Stress Test (1963-1976)===
During the early days of the EBS, stations would turn their transmitters on and off and transmit a 1000 Hz tone for 15 seconds and announce the test message. This became known as the EBS Stress Test by broadcasters due to the repeat nature of turning their transmitters on and off and the high chance for the equipment to malfunction.
<ref>[http://oldradio.com/current/bc_conel.htm More info on the EBS] Retrieved 23 Nov '17</ref>
As of February 2018, no known recording of an actual EBS Stress Test exists anywhere on the web.


==EBS Stress Test (1963-1976)==
===EBS Video Slides (1976-1997)===
Beginning around 1976, each station was given a video card, in which various designs became available over the span of twenty years.
Around 100 EBS Video Slides (Mainly EBS Tests) from all different stations resurfaced online. It's unlikely that all EBS Video Slides will ever be recovered as there were hundreds of them made for each station throughout the United States.


During the early days of the EBS, stations would turn their transmitters on and off and transmit a 1000 Hz tone for 15 seconds and announce the test message.
===List of Known EBS Video Slides ===
This became known as the EBS Stress Test by broadcasters due to the repeat nature on turning their transmitters on and off and the high chance for the equipment to malfunction.
<ref>[http://www.oldradio.com/current/bc_conel.htm More info on the EBS]</ref>
As of 2017, no known recording of an acual EBS Stress Test exists anywhere on the web.
 
==EBS Video Slides (1976-1997)==
 
Beginning around 1976, each station were given a video card, in which various designs became available over the spawn of twenty years.
Around 80 EBS Video Slides (Mainly EBS Tests) from all different stations resurfaced online. It's unlikley that all EBS Video Slides will ever be recovered as there were hundreds of them made for each station throughout the United States.
 
===List of Known EBS Video Slides Found===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color:white" | Station
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Station
! style="background-color:white" | Video Slide Type
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Video Slide Type
! style="background-color:white" | Years Used
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Years Used
! style="background-color:white" | Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|KABC TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1997||[https://youtu.be/oDTu81fWup4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KARE TV-11||EBS Test||1996||[https://youtu.be/oVpGzqTfvd8?t=9 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KATV TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[https://youtu.be/y4SspRKIpTU?t=1m24s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KCAL TV-9||EBS Test||1989-1997||[https://youtu.be/wxbrbCf6xIY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KCAL TV-9||EBS Warning||1992||[https://youtu.be/h4JnrJOKC8w <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1988-1994||[https://youtu.be/3FJBpWXPyAc?t=41 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KDKA TV-2||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[https://youtu.be/i8hWQXchxkM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6||EBS Test||1986?-1997||[https://youtu.be/SJkXmSepMP0?t=5m1s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KESQ TV-42||EBS Test||1986–199?||[https://youtu.be/1z1pGNJJnK4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KETV TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1984||[https://youtu.be/xf5WZ7LSHB4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KEYC TV-12||EBS Test||1976-1990?|||[https://youtu.be/0tTjcY_3Jwo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KEYC TV-12||EBS Test||1990?-1994|||[https://youtu.be/KWLvPqs-msI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KGO TV-7||EBS Test||1985-1997||[https://youtu.be/ZQwpaflfeBM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1987-1989||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1989-1997||[https://youtu.be/hV4HmpxyNQ4?t=27 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
|KIMA TV-29||EBS Test||1976-1997||[https://youtu.be/uxF_yfiO71M?t=1m39s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KIRO TV-7||EBS Test||1981-1987||[https://youtu.be/mUSshkGWQ6Q <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KIXE TV-9||EBS Test||198?-1997||[https://youtu.be/geye1hOPURc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KMBC TV-9||EBS Test||1982-1997||[https://youtu.be/Cei7H62ZtqM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KMGH TV-7||EBS Test||1995-1997||[https://youtu.be/QKRJJfxf7Nw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KMTV TV-3||EBS Test||1986-1997||[https://youtu.be/PWIwNF3pY_o <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1982-1986||[https://youtu.be/Sdct6Rwb-eg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1986-1994||[https://youtu.be/ofH8RGwz5Dw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1994-1997||[https://youtu.be/PjPCrxrGLz0?t=5m55s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KNOE TV-8||EBS Test||1980–1997||[https://youtu.be/02H6J-gW4_k?t=137 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KNXT TV-2||EBS Test||1981-1984||[https://youtu.be/iJOrKOSegTc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KOMO TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/H8WmI-EAN_k <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KOVR TV-13||EBS Test||1978-1987||[https://youtu.be/7pXv32-WmuY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KPIX TV-5||EBS Test||1983-1994||[https://youtu.be/vPASDm5NOlE <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KPRC TV-2||EBS Test||1985-1994||[https://youtu.be/2fGthoUwbj4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KPTV TV-12||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1995||[https://youtu.be/FtnGlCyQHvI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KRIV TV-26||EBS Test||1986-199?||[https://youtu.be/25-Qo5ELMMQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KRON TV-4||EBS Test||1976-1997||[https://youtu.be/9NBPey3SFPY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KSHB TV-41||EBS Test||1992-1994||[https://youtu.be/GBQ3E54ELaE <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KABC TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3LLjOXsLI Found]'''
|KSPS TV-7||EBS Test||Circa 1980s||[https://youtu.be/z-aPMB7JQMY?t=20 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KATV TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/y4SspRKIpTU?t=1m24s Found]'''
|KTLA TV-5||EBS Test||1981-1997||[https://youtu.be/mEffN4LbKHc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KCAL TV-9||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOY2_fkLUkw Found]'''
|KTRK TV-13||EBS Test||1976-1997||[https://youtu.be/l1qcIcdOvSQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KNXT TV-2||EBS Test||1979-1984||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJOrKOSegTc Found]'''
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1981-1986||[https://youtu.be/JlgR5GGinsE <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1988-1994||'''[https://youtu.be/YwtgPODWqPI?t=19s Found]'''
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1986-1994||[https://youtu.be/3Q9oE5uw5DQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KDKA TV-2||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8hWQXchxkM Found]'''
|KTVK TV-3||EBS Warning||198?-1997||[https://youtu.be/3yQmaLZPIJ8?t=10s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6||EBS Test||1986?-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/SJkXmSepMP0?t=5m1s Found]'''
|KVIA TV-7 & KAVE TV-6||EBS Test||1979-1987||[https://youtu.be/QxMXnEhjbz0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KGO TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwpaflfeBM Found]'''
|KVIA TV-7 & KVIO TV-6||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/3GnhnWkxLsw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1987-1989||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OAdWZzBCJU Found w/No Attention Signal]'''
|KVOS TV-12||EBS Test||1979-1988||[https://youtu.be/oxI4TTtLzOg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueO_0_lhiw0 Found]'''
|WABC TV-7||EBS Test||Circa 1980s||[https://youtu.be/f2FF-Vy1DfQ <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> w/audio only]
|-
|-
|KIMA TV-29||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/uxF_yfiO71M?t=1m39s Found]'''
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||1981-1986||[https://youtu.be/E6x_9pkMr1s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KIRO TV-7||EBS Test||1981-1987||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUSshkGWQ6Q Found]'''
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||1986-199?||[http://retrojunk.com/commercial/show/31004/watl-dark-emergency-broadcast-system <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KIXE TV-9||EBS Test||198?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geye1hOPURc Found]'''
|WAVE TV-3||EBS Test||199?-1997||[https://youtu.be/ka8Cyj98d5U <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1982-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdct6Rwb-eg Found]'''
|WAVY TV-10||EBS Test||1989-1997||[http://retrojunk.com/commercial/show/19216/wavytv-1992-emergency-broadcast-system-test <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTaXG4VOT60 Found]'''
|WBAL TV-11||EBS Test||1990-1997||[https://youtu.be/dZJzJmcLV8w?t=5m54s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1994-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/PjPCrxrGLz0?t=5m55s Found]'''
|WBNG TV-12||EBS Test||1995-1997||[https://youtu.be/ynoHOjz4Ahk <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KOMO TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8WmI-EAN_k Found]'''
|WBZ TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://archive.org/details/EmergencyBroadcastSystemTest1993 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KPRC TV-2||EBS Test||1985-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8ExX_Ho-4 Found]'''
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1981||[https://youtu.be/WYnxbyJRb94 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KRON TV-4||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NBPey3SFPY Found]'''
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1981-1984||[https://youtu.be/ppi7eiGVU8w <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KSHB TV-41||EBS Test||1992-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ3E54ELaE Partially Found]'''
|WDCA TV-20||EBS Test||1987-1993||[https://youtu.be/sZrne0fDXSo?t=982 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KTLA TV-5||EBS Test||1981-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEffN4LbKHc Found]'''
|WDIV TV-4||EBS Test||1979-1989||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|-
|KTRK TV-13||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qcIcdOvSQ Found]'''
|WEAR TV-3||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/o2qVT5qWkvg?t=1558 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1981-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgR5GGinsE Found]'''
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1976-1983?||[https://youtu.be/BRZb8BXQoSQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZvrqKZIcI Found]'''
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1983?-1992?||[https://youtu.be/wKjv_dkL7dI <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KTVK TV-3||EBS Warning||198?-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/3yQmaLZPIJ8?t=10s Found]'''
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1992?-1997||[https://youtu.be/8Tr7iAnRSB4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|KVOS TV-12||EBS Test||1979-1988||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxI4TTtLzOg Found]'''
|WFLD TV-32||EBS Test||1984-1986||[https://youtu.be/IfU9M5E3Iyw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||198?-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6x_9pkMr1s Found]'''
|WFMJ TV-21||EBS Warning||1986-1994||[https://youtu.be/-nhoP68oWmA <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||1986-1990||'''[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/31004/watl-dark-emergency-broadcast-system Found]'''
|WFSB TV-3||EBS Test||1983-1993||[https://youtu.be/oOVwgKmzROw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WAVE TV-3||EBS Test||199?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8Cyj98d5U Found]'''
|WGBH TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1997||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|-
|WAVY TV-10||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/19216/wavytv-1992-emergency-broadcast-system-test Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1976-1983||[https://youtu.be/R1ZYr1fumbI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> w/only 853hz tone]
|-
|-
|WBAL TV-11||EBS Test||1990-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/dZJzJmcLV8w?t=5m54s Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1983-1992||[https://youtu.be/dxQ5d6Wb20g <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WBNG TV-12||EBS Test||1995-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynoHOjz4Ahk Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Warning||1983-1992||[https://youtu.be/9KkffewkGAs <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WBZ TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntxxxj69UxA Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Termination Message||1983-1992||[https://youtu.be/ACwKUMAVeU4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1981||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYnxbyJRb94 Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1992-1997||[https://youtu.be/Kpzc9goTJ_g <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1981-1984||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppi7eiGVU8w Found]'''
|WGTE TV-30||EBS Test||Circa 1980s||[https://youtu.be/WRNTyGvPuGE <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1976-1983?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SvldZ8zs0 Found]'''
|WHAS TV-11||EBS Test||1991-1997||[https://youtu.be/9SmKDWRLEME <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1983?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjv_dkL7dI Partially Found]'''
|WHO TV-13||EBS Test||1996||[https://youtu.be/_SPhQL9oLc8?t=508 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WFLD TV-32||EBS Test||1984-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfU9M5E3Iyw Found]'''
|WHP TV-21||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1987||[https://youtu.be/q9DbDf74Vco <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WFMJ TV-21||EBS Warning||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nhoP68oWmA Found]'''
|WJAR TV-10||EBS Test||1980-1997||[https://youtu.be/oCl14JyTzpg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WFSB TV-3||EBS Test||1983-1993||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVwgKmzROw Found]'''
|WJRT TV-12||EBS Test||1982-1997||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|-
|-
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1976-1983||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ6HfE3750Y Found w/only 853hz tone]'''
|WKBD TV-50||EBS Test||1989-1994||[https://youtu.be/gZqAdF6iFYs?t=90 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1983-1993||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7d3vntkU4 Found]'''
|WLNE TV-6||EBS Test||199?-1997||[https://youtu.be/4HKLFf33JM0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WHAS TV-11||EBS Test||1991-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmKDWRLEME Found]'''
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-Late 1980s||[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/#videoclip-4267 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WHP TV-21||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1987||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9DbDf74Vco Found]'''
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Late 1980s-1997||[https://youtu.be/AS9s5RcRym8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WJAR TV-10||EBS Test||1980-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCl14JyTzpg Found]'''
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1979-1986||[https://youtu.be/rUPHwCfsNlQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WLNE TV-6||EBS Test||199?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKLFf33JM0 Found]'''
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1992-1997||[https://youtu.be/uAsGpYMpn3s?t=22s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-Late 1980s||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdpLWML_tDU Found]'''
|WNAC TV-7||EBS Test||1978-1981||[https://youtu.be/LBgP8veL6k8?t=21s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Late 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9s5RcRym8 Found]'''
|WNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1979-1986||[https://youtu.be/DMyiZRt0tRI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1979-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPHwCfsNlQ Found]'''
|WNDU TV-16||EBS Test||1986-1994||[https://youtu.be/xr9Y4-mcnQU?t=97 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1992-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/uAsGpYMpn3s?t=22s Found]'''
|WNYB TV-49||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/ELUwFsnrlC4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WNAC TV-7||EBS Test||1978-1981||'''[https://youtu.be/LBgP8veL6k8?t=21s Found]'''
|WNYW TV-5||EBS Test||1986-1993||[https://youtu.be/vm2uep_bdZA?t=142 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1979-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyiZRt0tRI Found]'''
|WNYW TV-5||EBS Test||1993-1997||[https://youtu.be/yFX3r8wLaIo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|-
|WNYB TV-49||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELUwFsnrlC4 Found]'''
|WOR TV-9||EBS Test||1976-198?||[https://youtu.be/SWecfLUQdCY <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WNYW TV-5||EBS Test||1986-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX3r8wLaIo Found]'''
|WPIX TV-11||EBS Test||1976-1986||[https://youtu.be/n8-hXX34UuI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WOR TV-9||EBS Test||1976-198?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWecfLUQdCY Partially Found]'''
|WPTF TV-28||EBS Test||1987-1991||[https://youtu.be/jxmCYGdmcNs?t=27m31s <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WPIX TV-11||EBS Test||1976-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8-hXX34UuI Found]'''
|WPTF TV-28||EBS Warning||1987-1991||[https://youtu.be/BY1snA24nKg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WPTF TV-28||EBS Test||1987-1991||'''[https://youtu.be/jxmCYGdmcNs?t=27m31s Partially Found]'''
|WPVI TV-6||EBS Test||1986-1997||[https://youtu.be/Lvs4ilqxPL8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WPTF TV-28||EBS Warning||1987-1991||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY1snA24nKg Found]'''
|WRAU TV-19||EBS Test||1976-1985||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|WROC TV-8||EBS Test||1986-199?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjI0TBTMbWo Found]'''
|WROC TV-8||EBS Test||1986-1989||[https://youtu.be/jjI0TBTMbWo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WSAZ TV-3||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfg7Q3XjmeI Found]'''
|WSAZ TV-3||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[https://youtu.be/Mfg7Q3XjmeI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WSMH TV-66||EBS Test||1984-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbF-plLalLU Found]'''
|WSMH TV-66||EBS Test||1984-1997||[https://youtu.be/DbF-plLalLU <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WSNS TV-44||EBS Test||1976-1985||'''[https://www.youtube.com/user/FuzzyMemoriesTV Partally Found]'''
|WSNS TV-44||EBS Test||1976-1985||[https://youtu.be/hV4HmpxyNQ4?t=64 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WTBS TV-17||EBS Test||1981-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyAQhj1ekhU Found w/No Attention Signal]'''
|WTBS TV-17||EBS Test||1981-1997||[https://youtu.be/vDCwUyWHU-I <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> w/No Attention Signal]
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|WTTG TV-5||EBS Test||1984-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4tLBdPUtc Partially Found]'''
|WTCN TV-11||EBS Test||1979-1984||[https://youtu.be/Y6Pi6jlpV64 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WTVT TV-13||EBS Test||1978-1989||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJOLIsGF1D0 Partially Found]'''
|WTTG TV-5||EBS Test||1984-1986||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|WVIT TV-30||EBS Map Display||1976-1986||'''[https://youtu.be/BZFGQV-LXPs?t=34s Found]'''
|WTVT TV-13||EBS Test||1978-1989||[https://youtu.be/kJOLIsGF1D0 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WVIT TV-30||EBS Map Display||1986-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWrIH33H6jo Found]'''
|WVIA TV-44||EBS Test||199?-1997||[https://youtu.be/eWRfKQnuZBc?t=7m7s <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WVTV TV-18||EBS Test||1978-1987||'''[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=4722 Found]'''
|WVIT TV-30||EBS Map Display||1976-1986||[https://youtu.be/BZFGQV-LXPs?t=34s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WWOR TV-9||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqTbU_deUjM Found]'''
|WVIT TV-30||EBS Map Display||1986-1997||[https://youtu.be/lWrIH33H6jo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|An Unknown Salt Lake City TV Station||EBS Test||Circa 1988||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-LwshianCQ Found]'''
|WVTV TV-18||EBS Test||1978-1987||[http://fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=4722 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WVTV TV-18||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/iIAXV6f-wWo?t=181 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WWOR TV-9||EBS Test||1987-1997||[https://youtu.be/GqTbU_deUjM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WXIN TV-59||EBS Test||1994-1997||[https://youtu.be/d18uSZA89xw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WXYZ TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1989?||[https://youtu.be/fsnsQTd7jrE <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|An unknown Cleveland, OH TV Station||EBS Test||Circa 1993||[https://youtu.be/nLVQ59SFN_M <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|An unknown Salt Lake City, UH TV Station||EBS Test||Circa 1988||[https://youtu.be/M-LwshianCQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|}
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Revision as of 19:23, 5 August 2019

Emergency broadcast system.jpg

A video slide that was used to announce an EBS test on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota.

Status: Partially Lost

The Emergency Broadcast System, also called the Emergency Action Notification System was an emergency warning system used in the United States from 1963 in which replaced the CONELRAD and up until 1997 where it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System. However, as the EBS was replaced by the EAS, recordings of EBS Tests & Warnings have become obscure and very hard to find.

EBS Broadcasts

EBS Stress Test (1963-1976)

During the early days of the EBS, stations would turn their transmitters on and off and transmit a 1000 Hz tone for 15 seconds and announce the test message. This became known as the EBS Stress Test by broadcasters due to the repeat nature of turning their transmitters on and off and the high chance for the equipment to malfunction. [1] As of February 2018, no known recording of an actual EBS Stress Test exists anywhere on the web.

EBS Video Slides (1976-1997)

Beginning around 1976, each station was given a video card, in which various designs became available over the span of twenty years. Around 100 EBS Video Slides (Mainly EBS Tests) from all different stations resurfaced online. It's unlikely that all EBS Video Slides will ever be recovered as there were hundreds of them made for each station throughout the United States.

List of Known EBS Video Slides

Station Video Slide Type Years Used Status
KABC TV-7 EBS Test 1976-1997 Found
KARE TV-11 EBS Test 1996 Found
KATV TV-7 EBS Test Early 1980s-1997 Found
KCAL TV-9 EBS Test 1989-1997 Found
KCAL TV-9 EBS Warning 1992 Found
KCBS TV-2 EBS Test 1988-1994 Found
KDKA TV-2 EBS Test Early 1980s-1997 Found
KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6 EBS Test 1986?-1997 Found
KESQ TV-42 EBS Test 1986–199? Found
KETV TV-7 EBS Test 1976-1984 Found
KEYC TV-12 EBS Test 1976-1990? Found
KEYC TV-12 EBS Test 1990?-1994 Found
KGO TV-7 EBS Test 1985-1997 Found
KHOU TV-11 EBS Test 1987-1989 Lost
KHOU TV-11 EBS Test 1989-1997 Partially Found
KIMA TV-29 EBS Test 1976-1997 Found
KIRO TV-7 EBS Test 1981-1987 Found
KIXE TV-9 EBS Test 198?-1997 Found
KMBC TV-9 EBS Test 1982-1997 Found
KMGH TV-7 EBS Test 1995-1997 Found
KMTV TV-3 EBS Test 1986-1997 Found
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1982-1986 Found
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1986-1994 Found
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1994-1997 Found
KNOE TV-8 EBS Test 1980–1997 Found
KNXT TV-2 EBS Test 1981-1984 Found
KOMO TV-4 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
KOVR TV-13 EBS Test 1978-1987 Found
KPIX TV-5 EBS Test 1983-1994 Found
KPRC TV-2 EBS Test 1985-1994 Found
KPTV TV-12 EBS Test Early 1980s-1995 Found
KRIV TV-26 EBS Test 1986-199? Found
KRON TV-4 EBS Test 1976-1997 Found
KSHB TV-41 EBS Test 1992-1994 Partially Found
KSPS TV-7 EBS Test Circa 1980s Found
KTLA TV-5 EBS Test 1981-1997 Found
KTRK TV-13 EBS Test 1976-1997 Found
KTTV TV-11 EBS Test 1981-1986 Found
KTTV TV-11 EBS Test 1986-1994 Found
KTVK TV-3 EBS Warning 198?-1997 Found
KVIA TV-7 & KAVE TV-6 EBS Test 1979-1987 Found
KVIA TV-7 & KVIO TV-6 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
KVOS TV-12 EBS Test 1979-1988 Found
WABC TV-7 EBS Test Circa 1980s Partially Found w/audio only
WATL TV-36 EBS Test 1981-1986 Found
WATL TV-36 EBS Test 1986-199? Found
WAVE TV-3 EBS Test 199?-1997 Found
WAVY TV-10 EBS Test 1989-1997 Found
WBAL TV-11 EBS Test 1990-1997 Found
WBNG TV-12 EBS Test 1995-1997 Found
WBZ TV-4 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WCBS TV-2 EBS Test 1976-1981 Found
WCBS TV-2 EBS Test 1981-1984 Found
WDCA TV-20 EBS Test 1987-1993 Found
WDIV TV-4 EBS Test 1979-1989 Lost
WEAR TV-3 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WFAA TV-8 EBS Test 1976-1983? Found
WFAA TV-8 EBS Test 1983?-1992? Partially Found
WFAA TV-8 EBS Test 1992?-1997 Found
WFLD TV-32 EBS Test 1984-1986 Found
WFMJ TV-21 EBS Warning 1986-1994 Found
WFSB TV-3 EBS Test 1983-1993 Found
WGBH TV-2 EBS Test 1976-1997 Lost
WGN TV-9 EBS Test 1976-1983 Found w/only 853hz tone
WGN TV-9 EBS Test 1983-1992 Found
WGN TV-9 EBS Warning 1983-1992 Found
WGN TV-9 EBS Termination Message 1983-1992 Found
WGN TV-9 EBS Test 1992-1997 Found
WGTE TV-30 EBS Test Circa 1980s Partially Found
WHAS TV-11 EBS Test 1991-1997 Found
WHO TV-13 EBS Test 1996 Found
WHP TV-21 EBS Test Early 1980s-1987 Found
WJAR TV-10 EBS Test 1980-1997 Found
WJRT TV-12 EBS Test 1982-1997 Lost
WKBD TV-50 EBS Test 1989-1994 Found
WLNE TV-6 EBS Test 199?-1997 Found
WLS TV-7 EBS Test Early 1980s-Late 1980s Found
WLS TV-7 EBS Test Late 1980s-1997 Found
WMAQ-TV 5 EBS Test 1979-1986 Found
WMAQ-TV 5 EBS Test 1992-1997 Found
WNAC TV-7 EBS Test 1978-1981 Found
WNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1979-1986 Found
WNDU TV-16 EBS Test 1986-1994 Found
WNYB TV-49 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WNYW TV-5 EBS Test 1986-1993 Found
WNYW TV-5 EBS Test 1993-1997 Found
WOR TV-9 EBS Test 1976-198? Partially Found
WPIX TV-11 EBS Test 1976-1986 Found
WPTF TV-28 EBS Test 1987-1991 Partially Found
WPTF TV-28 EBS Warning 1987-1991 Found
WPVI TV-6 EBS Test 1986-1997 Found
WRAU TV-19 EBS Test 1976-1985 Lost
WROC TV-8 EBS Test 1986-1989 Found
WSAZ TV-3 EBS Test Early 1980s-1997 Found
WSMH TV-66 EBS Test 1984-1997 Found
WSNS TV-44 EBS Test 1976-1985 Partially Found
WTBS TV-17 EBS Test 1981-1997 Found w/No Attention Signal
WTCN TV-11 EBS Test 1979-1984 Partially Found
WTTG TV-5 EBS Test 1984-1986 Lost
WTVT TV-13 EBS Test 1978-1989 Partially Found
WVIA TV-44 EBS Test 199?-1997 Partially Found
WVIT TV-30 EBS Map Display 1976-1986 Found
WVIT TV-30 EBS Map Display 1986-1997 Found
WVTV TV-18 EBS Test 1978-1987 Found
WVTV TV-18 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WWOR TV-9 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WXIN TV-59 EBS Test 1994-1997 Found
WXYZ TV-7 EBS Test 1976-1989? Found
An unknown Cleveland, OH TV Station EBS Test Circa 1993 Found
An unknown Salt Lake City, UH TV Station EBS Test Circa 1988 Found

Reference

  1. More info on the EBS Retrieved 23 Nov '17