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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. Ever since the EBS was replaced by the EAS, recordings of EBS Tests & warnings became 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 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 Stress Test (1963-1976)==
==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.
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://www.oldradio.com/current/bc_conel.htm More info on the EBS]</ref>
<ref>[http://oldradio.com/current/bc_conel.htm More info on the EBS] Retrieved 23 Nov '17</ref>
As of 2017, no known recording of an actual EBS Stress Test exists anywhere on the web.
As of 2017, no known recording of an actual EBS Stress Test exists anywhere on the web.


==EBS Video Slides (1976-1997)==
===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.
Beginning around 1976, each station was given a video card, in which various designs became available over the span of twenty years.
Around 80 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.
Around 80 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 Found===
===List of Known EBS Video Slides ===
''Update: WPVI 6's EBS test has been spotted on YouTube again, WRAU/WHOI 19's EBS Test has been partially found and KSHB 41's EBS Test will soon be uploaded in it's fullest courtesy of VHS Land of Videos.''
 
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! 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
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|KABC TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1997||[http://youtu.be/ae3LLjOXsLI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KATV TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[http://youtu.be/y4SspRKIpTU?t=1m24s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KCAL TV-9||EBS Test||1989-1997||[http://youtu.be/rOY2_fkLUkw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KCAL TV-9||EBS Warning||1992||[http://youtu.be/h4JnrJOKC8w <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1984-1988||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1988-1994||[http://youtu.be/YwtgPODWqPI?t=19s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
|KCET TV-28||EBS Test||1976-1997||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KCOP TV-13||EBS Test||1979-1986||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KCOP TV-13||EBS Test||1986-1994||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KDKA TV-2||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[http://youtu.be/i8hWQXchxkM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6||EBS Test||1986?-1997||[http://youtu.be/SJkXmSepMP0?t=5m1s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KEYC TV-12||EBS Test||1983-1990||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KEYC TV-12||EBS Test||1990-1994||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> ''???''
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|KGO TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[http://youtu.be/ZQwpaflfeBM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KHJ TV-9||EBS Test||1979-1989?||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KABC TV-7||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3LLjOXsLI Found]'''
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1987-1989||[http://youtu.be/3OAdWZzBCJU <span style="color:green;">'''Found w/No Attention Signal'''</span>]
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|KATV TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/y4SspRKIpTU?t=1m24s Found]'''
|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1989-1997||[http://youtu.be/ueO_0_lhiw0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KCAL TV-9||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOY2_fkLUkw Found]'''
|KIMA TV-29||EBS Test||1976-1997||[http://youtu.be/uxF_yfiO71M?t=1m39s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KNXT TV-2||EBS Test||1979-1984||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJOrKOSegTc Found]'''
|KIRO TV-7||EBS Test||1981-1987||[http://youtu.be/mUSshkGWQ6Q <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1988-1994||'''[https://youtu.be/YwtgPODWqPI?t=19s Found]'''
|KIXE TV-9||EBS Test||198?-1997||[http://youtu.be/geye1hOPURc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KDKA TV-2||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8hWQXchxkM Found]'''
|KMEX TV-34||EBS Test||198?-1990?||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6||EBS Test||1986?-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/SJkXmSepMP0?t=5m1s Found]'''
|KMEX TV-34||EBS Test||1990-1997||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KGO TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQwpaflfeBM Found]'''
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1982-1986||[http://youtu.be/Sdct6Rwb-eg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1987-1989||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OAdWZzBCJU Found w/No Attention Signal]'''
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1986-1994||[http://youtu.be/dTaXG4VOT60 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KHOU TV-11||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueO_0_lhiw0 Found]'''
|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1994-1997||[https://youtu.be/PjPCrxrGLz0?t=5m55s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KIMA TV-29||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/uxF_yfiO71M?t=1m39s Found]'''
|KNXT TV-2||EBS Test||1979-1984||[http://youtu.be/iJOrKOSegTc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|KIRO TV-7||EBS Test||1981-1987||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUSshkGWQ6Q Found]'''
|KOMO TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||[http://youtu.be/H8WmI-EAN_k <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|KIXE TV-9||EBS Test||198?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geye1hOPURc Found]'''
|KPRC TV-2||EBS Test||1985-1994||[http://youtu.be/Cq8ExX_Ho-4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1982-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdct6Rwb-eg Found]'''
|KRIV TV-26||EBS Test||1986-1994||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTaXG4VOT60 Found]'''
|KRON TV-4||EBS Test||1976-1997||[http://youtu.be/9NBPey3SFPY <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1994-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/PjPCrxrGLz0?t=5m55s Found]'''
|KSHB TV-41||EBS Test||1992-1994||[http://youtu.be/GBQ3E54ELaE <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|KOMO TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8WmI-EAN_k Found]'''
|KTLA TV-5||EBS Test||1981-1997||[http://youtu.be/mEffN4LbKHc <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KPRC TV-2||EBS Test||1985-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq8ExX_Ho-4 Found]'''
|KTRK TV-13||EBS Test||1976-1997||[http://youtu.be/l1qcIcdOvSQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|KRON TV-4||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NBPey3SFPY Found]'''
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1981-1986||[http://youtu.be/JlgR5GGinsE <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KSHB TV-41||EBS Test||1992-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ3E54ELaE Partially Found]'''
|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1986-1994||[http://youtu.be/PVZvrqKZIcI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KTLA TV-5||EBS Test||1981-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEffN4LbKHc Found]'''
|KTVK TV-3||EBS Warning||198?-1997||[https://youtu.be/3yQmaLZPIJ8?t=10s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KTRK TV-13||EBS Test||1976-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qcIcdOvSQ Found]'''
|KVOS TV-12||EBS Test||1979-1988||[http://youtu.be/oxI4TTtLzOg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1981-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgR5GGinsE Found]'''
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||198?-1986||[http://youtu.be/E6x_9pkMr1s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|KTTV TV-11||EBS Test||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZvrqKZIcI Found]'''
|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||1986-1990||[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/31004/watl-dark-emergency-broadcast-system <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KTVK TV-3||EBS Warning||198?-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/3yQmaLZPIJ8?t=10s Found]'''
|WAVE TV-3||EBS Test||199?-1997||[http://youtu.be/ka8Cyj98d5U <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|KVOS TV-12||EBS Test||1979-1988||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxI4TTtLzOg Found]'''
|WAVY TV-10||EBS Test||1989-1997||[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/19216/wavytv-1992-emergency-broadcast-system-test <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||198?-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6x_9pkMr1s Found]'''
|WBAL TV-11||EBS Test||1990-1997||[https://youtu.be/dZJzJmcLV8w?t=5m54s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|-
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|WATL TV-36||EBS Test||1986-1990||'''[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/31004/watl-dark-emergency-broadcast-system Found]'''
|WBNG TV-12||EBS Test||1995-1997||[http://youtu.be/ynoHOjz4Ahk <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WAVE TV-3||EBS Test||199?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8Cyj98d5U Found]'''
|WBZ TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||[http://youtu.be/Ntxxxj69UxA <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WAVY TV-10||EBS Test||1989-1997||'''[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/19216/wavytv-1992-emergency-broadcast-system-test Found]'''
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1981||[http://youtu.be/WYnxbyJRb94 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WBAL TV-11||EBS Test||1990-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/dZJzJmcLV8w?t=5m54s Found]'''
|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1981-1984||[http://youtu.be/ppi7eiGVU8w <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WBNG TV-12||EBS Test||1995-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynoHOjz4Ahk Found]'''
|WDIV TV-4||EBS Test||1979-19??||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|WBZ TV-4||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntxxxj69UxA Found]'''
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1976-1983?||[http://youtu.be/_9SvldZ8zs0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1981||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYnxbyJRb94 Found]'''
|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1983?-1997||[http://youtu.be/wKjv_dkL7dI <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WCBS TV-2||EBS Test||1981-1984||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppi7eiGVU8w Found]'''
|WFLD TV-32||EBS Test||1984-1986||[http://youtu.be/IfU9M5E3Iyw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1976-1983?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SvldZ8zs0 Found]'''
|WFMJ TV-21||EBS Warning||1986-1994||[http://youtu.be/-nhoP68oWmA <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WFAA TV-8||EBS Test||1983?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjv_dkL7dI Partially Found]'''
|WFSB TV-3||EBS Test||1983-1993||[http://youtu.be/oOVwgKmzROw <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WFLD TV-32||EBS Test||1984-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfU9M5E3Iyw Found]'''
|WGBH TV-2||EBS Test||1976-1997||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|WFMJ TV-21||EBS Warning||1986-1994||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nhoP68oWmA Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1976-1983||[http://youtu.be/XQ6HfE3750Y <span style="color:green;">'''Found w/only 853hz tone'''</span>]
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|WFSB TV-3||EBS Test||1983-1993||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOVwgKmzROw Found]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1983-1993||[http://youtu.be/lS7d3vntkU4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1976-1983||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ6HfE3750Y Found w/only 853hz tone]'''
|WGN TV-9||EBS Warning||1983-1993||[http://youtu.be/4TTEWRKnRC0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WGN TV-9||EBS Test||1983-1993||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7d3vntkU4 Found]'''
|WHAS TV-11||EBS Test||1991-1997||[http://youtu.be/9SmKDWRLEME <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WHAS TV-11||EBS Test||1991-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SmKDWRLEME Found]'''
|WHP TV-21||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1987||[http://youtu.be/q9DbDf74Vco <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WHP TV-21||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1987||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9DbDf74Vco Found]'''
|WJAR TV-10||EBS Test||1980-1997||[http://youtu.be/oCl14JyTzpg <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WJAR TV-10||EBS Test||1980-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCl14JyTzpg Found]'''
|WLNE TV-6||EBS Test||199?-1997||[http://youtu.be/4HKLFf33JM0 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WLNE TV-6||EBS Test||199?-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKLFf33JM0 Found]'''
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-Late 1980s||[http://youtu.be/wdpLWML_tDU <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s-Late 1980s||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdpLWML_tDU Found]'''
|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Late 1980s-1997||[http://youtu.be/AS9s5RcRym8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WLS TV-7||EBS Test||Late 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9s5RcRym8 Found]'''
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1979-1986||[http://youtu.be/rUPHwCfsNlQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1979-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPHwCfsNlQ Found]'''
|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1992-1997||[https://youtu.be/uAsGpYMpn3s?t=22s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WMAQ-TV 5||EBS Test||1992-1997||'''[https://youtu.be/uAsGpYMpn3s?t=22s Found]'''
|WNAC TV-7||EBS Test||1978-1981||[https://youtu.be/LBgP8veL6k8?t=21s <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WNAC TV-7||EBS Test||1978-1981||'''[https://youtu.be/LBgP8veL6k8?t=21s Found]'''
|WNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1979-1986||[http://youtu.be/DMyiZRt0tRI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WNBC TV-4||EBS Test||1979-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyiZRt0tRI Found]'''
|WNYB TV-49||EBS Test||1987-1997||[http://youtu.be/ELUwFsnrlC4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WNYB TV-49||EBS Test||1987-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELUwFsnrlC4 Found]'''
|WNYW TV-5||EBS Test||1986-1997||[http://youtu.be/yFX3r8wLaIo <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WNYW TV-5||EBS Test||1986-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX3r8wLaIo Found]'''
|WOR TV-9||EBS Test||1976-198?||[http://youtu.be/SWecfLUQdCY <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WOR TV-9||EBS Test||1976-198?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWecfLUQdCY Partially Found]'''
|WPIX TV-11||EBS Test||1976-1986||[http://youtu.be/n8-hXX34UuI <span style="color:green;">'''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 Test||1987-1991||[https://youtu.be/jxmCYGdmcNs?t=27m31s <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WPTF TV-28||EBS Test||1987-1991||'''[https://youtu.be/jxmCYGdmcNs?t=27m31s Partially Found]'''
|WPTF TV-28||EBS Warning||1987-1991||[http://youtu.be/BY1snA24nKg <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]'''
|WPVI TV-6||EBS Test||1986-1997||[https://youtu.be/Lvs4ilqxPL8 <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WROC TV-8||EBS Test||1986-199?||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjI0TBTMbWo Found]'''
|WRAU/WHOI TV-19||EBS Test||197?-1995||[https://youtu.be/ydKxSvpIxeE?t=26s <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|WSAZ TV-3||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfg7Q3XjmeI Found]'''
|WROC TV-8||EBS Test||1986-199?||[http://youtu.be/jjI0TBTMbWo <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]'''
|WSAZ TV-3||EBS Test||Early 1980s-1997||[http://youtu.be/Mfg7Q3XjmeI <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WSNS TV-44||EBS Test||1976-1985||'''[https://youtu.be/Z2HMpAEOqJU Partally Found]'''
|WSMH TV-66||EBS Test||1984-1997||[http://youtu.be/DbF-plLalLU <span style="color:green;">'''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]'''
|WSNS TV-44||EBS Test||1976-1985||[https://youtu.be/Z2HMpAEOqJU <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|-
|WTTG TV-5||EBS Test||1984-1986||'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL4tLBdPUtc Partially Found]'''
|WTCN/WUSA/KARE TV-11||EBS Test||1979-1997||[http://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]'''
|WTBS TV-17||EBS Test||1981-1990||[http://youtu.be/cyAQhj1ekhU <span style="color:green;">'''Found w/No Attention Signal'''</span>]
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|WVIT TV-30||EBS Map Display||1976-1986||'''[https://youtu.be/BZFGQV-LXPs?t=34s Found]'''
|WTTG TV-5||EBS Test||1984-1986||[http://youtu.be/iL4tLBdPUtc <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]'''
|WTVT TV-13||EBS Test||1978-1989||[http://youtu.be/kJOLIsGF1D0 <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||[http://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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|WWOR TV-9||EBS Test||1987-1997||[http://youtu.be/GqTbU_deUjM <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|WXYZ TV-7||EBS Test||Early 1980s - Late 1980s||<span style="color:red;">Lost</span>
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|An Unknown Salt Lake City TV Station||EBS Test||Circa 1988||[http://youtu.be/M-LwshianCQ <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|}
|}
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Revision as of 03:57, 5 December 2017

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 2017, 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 80 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

Update: WPVI 6's EBS test has been spotted on YouTube again, WRAU/WHOI 19's EBS Test has been partially found and KSHB 41's EBS Test will soon be uploaded in it's fullest courtesy of VHS Land of Videos.

Station Video Slide Type Years Used Status
KABC TV-7 EBS Test 1976-1997 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 1984-1988 Lost
KCBS TV-2 EBS Test 1988-1994 Found
KCET TV-28 EBS Test 1976-1997 Lost
KCOP TV-13 EBS Test 1979-1986 Lost
KCOP TV-13 EBS Test 1986-1994 Lost
KDKA TV-2 EBS Test Early 1980s-1997 Found
KELO TV-11, KDLO TV-3 & KPLO TV-6 EBS Test 1986?-1997 Found
KEYC TV-12 EBS Test 1983-1990 Lost
KEYC TV-12 EBS Test 1990-1994 Partially Found ???
KGO TV-7 EBS Test Early 1980s-1997 Found
KHJ TV-9 EBS Test 1979-1989? Lost
KHOU TV-11 EBS Test 1987-1989 Found w/No Attention Signal
KHOU TV-11 EBS Test 1989-1997 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
KMEX TV-34 EBS Test 198?-1990? Lost
KMEX TV-34 EBS Test 1990-1997 Lost
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1982-1986 Found
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1986-1994 Found
KNBC TV-4 EBS Test 1994-1997 Found
KNXT TV-2 EBS Test 1979-1984 Found
KOMO TV-4 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
KPRC TV-2 EBS Test 1985-1994 Found
KRIV TV-26 EBS Test 1986-1994 Lost
KRON TV-4 EBS Test 1976-1997 Found
KSHB TV-41 EBS Test 1992-1994 Partially 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
KVOS TV-12 EBS Test 1979-1988 Found
WATL TV-36 EBS Test 198?-1986 Found
WATL TV-36 EBS Test 1986-1990 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
WDIV TV-4 EBS Test 1979-19?? Lost
WFAA TV-8 EBS Test 1976-1983? Found
WFAA TV-8 EBS Test 1983?-1997 Partially 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 1983-1993 Found
WGN TV-9 EBS Warning 1983-1993 Found
WHAS TV-11 EBS Test 1991-1997 Found
WHP TV-21 EBS Test Early 1980s-1987 Found
WJAR TV-10 EBS Test 1980-1997 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
WNYB TV-49 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WNYW TV-5 EBS Test 1986-1997 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/WHOI TV-19 EBS Test 197?-1995 Partially Found
WROC TV-8 EBS Test 1986-199? 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
WTCN/WUSA/KARE TV-11 EBS Test 1979-1997 Partially Found
WTBS TV-17 EBS Test 1981-1990 Found w/No Attention Signal
WTTG TV-5 EBS Test 1984-1986 Partially Found
WTVT TV-13 EBS Test 1978-1989 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
WWOR TV-9 EBS Test 1987-1997 Found
WXYZ TV-7 EBS Test Early 1980s - Late 1980s Lost
An Unknown Salt Lake City TV Station EBS Test Circa 1988 Found

References

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