EBS Test Compilation (1978-1996)

[@EdwardRingwald]

Got to like those EBS slides with the Civil Defense logo!

[@DorvellTStewart]

I’d be interested to see EBS tests that were conducted between 1963 and 1977. I’ve always wondered how those may have sounded/been conducted differently than the ones we all know.

[@ItzBIULD]

Sadly I think most are lost to time.

[@nicco1690]

Most EBS tests prior to this point (afaik) didn't use the EBS attention tone, but rather were told to turn off their transmitter for 5 seconds, then on again, then off again, then on again. This is a practice from the CONELRAD days but wasn't replaced until midway through the EBS' lifespan.

[@JohnHolton]

@@nicco1690 Right, and after the off-on-off they would broadcast a 20-second 1000-Hz tone. There's a radio example here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZPbn41_gryfiKM, starting at about 14:50. All you have to do to know what the TV version was like is to stare at the Civil Defense logo while the audio is playing.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

The EBS became the EAS when I was born.

[@stevenharwood5362]

I remember seeing an EBS test out of Oklahoma City (I’m pretty sure it was on KOCO-TV, Oklahoma’s ABC affiliate) that had a shaky pencil-like drawing of an open-mouthed soldier in a foxhole, wearing a doughboy-like helmet looking through a pair of binoculars. I was five or six at the time, so that would have been around 1988-1989. I only saw it once or twice and I even drew a picture of it, as I recall. What I wouldn’t give to see that EBS test card again!

[@kalim41]

I remember too. I think I have it on a VHS. I will have to find it.

[@stevenharwood5362]

That would very cool if you had that! I’d love to see it again.

[@kalim41]

@@stevenharwood5362 I'll keep an eye out.

[@hayaletisligi]

@@kalim41 Hey, did you find the tape?

[@markquiswest6607]

I remember here in the Augusta,GA Area had one one WJBF News Channel 6 ABC Affiliate!

[@DorvellTStewart]

Still hoping to see ones from other stations in the Kansas City area in the early/mid 90s; I know one from KMBC channel 9 has been posted.

[@luisreyes1963]

The good old days of "Evil Empire" paranoia. ☢️

[@opaljk4835]

I’m convinced they did this just to freak kids out late at night

[@nathangallardo5444]

1:15:55 If you know, you know

[@CartoonComedy64]

It's taken for greenio's video called "12.20.95" back from 2020

[@mackenziewachter2508]

1:10:25 WOOOOO!!! I'm from Northeast Ohio! The city I live in is Cleveland. Anyone from Northeast Ohio, NEO gang, rise up!

[@cataclysmiceas]

Only in ohio

[@mackenziewachter2508]

@@cataclysmiceas 😐

[@troydefrancescotheplotagon3245]

@@cataclysmiceas 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@TotallynotCheekclapper]

Ive lived in several different towns in northeast Ohio, I wonder what station that test came from and if it's still around.

[@sherylosanoprayforkrisaqui1300]

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