Even the alert tone feels very... endgame. Somber. They knew when making this that the only reason it'd be played was, well... the end. You can just tell.
The fact that they even labeled it with the words "REAL THING" just makes it even more chilling. It's easy to put the past behind us and forget the gloom and doom atmosphere of the Cold War.
I still have a (non-working) transistor radio around here manufactured with 640 and 1240 marked on the dials so you could find it in a screaming hurry. CONELRAD was serious business.
@SteamyshotofFUN well, if it does happen, (praying that it doesn't) the U.S. only has itself to blame for enabling them, after all the U.S. taxpayers are the ones actually funding iran's nuclear program, unknowingly & unwittingly, I thought the following may be of some interest, i found it on this site, after the . com, just add the following to it ... watch?v=l4lB1Y4ZwfU&feature=youtu.be
I wonder who came up with the 640 and 1240 kHz as a choice for everyone to remember... I would have used like 600 and 1200, but the nerds obviously had to go complicated - good they didn't end up with 618.2371825 and 1235.697513 ("tune your radio to six-one-eight-point-two-three-seven-one-eight-two-five...") haha :-D
@jednoucelovy 600 and 1200 had too many regular radio stations on or near them, channels having been allocated decades before the advent of the bomb. 640 and 1240 were chosen because they were relatively clear.
For example, if CONELRAD had been placed on 1200 and WCAU in Philadelphia hadn't signed off and switched their frequency for some reason (missing the action notification) then their signal on 1210 would have interfered with CONELRAD throughout the North East.
@SoloPilot6 - Yeah, but what if it was damaged because somebody dropped the record, and it smashed to bits?
Can't you just picture the technician at the studio, on his hands & knees, frantically trying to find all the pieces and put them together so he could read the announcement off the label?
@TithonusSyndrome - Canada had a similar warning system, called Tocsin. An audio recording of a 1961 test broadcast of it is in the CBC archives, on the CBC website.
I wonder if the Russians had a similar warning system? Maybe called KOMMERAD? lol.
heehawkdown 1 week ago
So Drop Your Pants;Bend Over and Kiss Your Ass Buh Bye!!
kingbushwickthe33rd 1 month ago
Even the alert tone feels very... endgame. Somber. They knew when making this that the only reason it'd be played was, well... the end. You can just tell.
The fact that they even labeled it with the words "REAL THING" just makes it even more chilling. It's easy to put the past behind us and forget the gloom and doom atmosphere of the Cold War.
PancakesoftheLove 1 month ago
I still have a (non-working) transistor radio around here manufactured with 640 and 1240 marked on the dials so you could find it in a screaming hurry. CONELRAD was serious business.
3zy 3 months ago
Glad Thermonuclear insanity never came.
SteamyshotofFUN 4 months ago
@SteamyshotofFUN
Yet.
EdWatts 4 months ago
@SteamyshotofFUN don't hold your breath, it just may.
sr71ablackbird 2 weeks ago
@sr71ablackbird With the talk of Iran's Nuclear program, you may be right.
SteamyshotofFUN 2 weeks ago
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sr71ablackbird 2 weeks ago
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@SteamyshotofFUN well, if it does happen, (praying that it doesn't) the U.S. only has itself to blame for enabling them, after all the U.S. taxpayers are the ones actually funding iran's nuclear program, unknowingly & unwittingly, I thought the following may be of some interest, i found it on this site, after the . com, just add the following to it ... watch?v=l4lB1Y4ZwfU&feature=youtu.be
sr71ablackbird 2 weeks ago
I wonder who came up with the 640 and 1240 kHz as a choice for everyone to remember... I would have used like 600 and 1200, but the nerds obviously had to go complicated - good they didn't end up with 618.2371825 and 1235.697513 ("tune your radio to six-one-eight-point-two-three-seven-one-eight-two-five...") haha :-D
jednoucelovy 8 months ago 2
@jednoucelovy 600 and 1200 had too many regular radio stations on or near them, channels having been allocated decades before the advent of the bomb. 640 and 1240 were chosen because they were relatively clear.
For example, if CONELRAD had been placed on 1200 and WCAU in Philadelphia hadn't signed off and switched their frequency for some reason (missing the action notification) then their signal on 1210 would have interfered with CONELRAD throughout the North East.
pabsungenis 4 months ago
If this is a record, where can you get a record like it, or rather, of a real CONELRAD attack warning?
JeffHendrie 8 months ago
I miss the good old days when the Russians were gonna nuke us.
kozmon0t 9 months ago
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TomBarrister 10 months ago
Notice that the script is also on the record label, in case the recorded announcement were damaged.
SoloPilot6 10 months ago
@SoloPilot6 - Yeah, but what if it was damaged because somebody dropped the record, and it smashed to bits?
Can't you just picture the technician at the studio, on his hands & knees, frantically trying to find all the pieces and put them together so he could read the announcement off the label?
OofusTwillip 4 months ago
"... for an indefinite period ... "
capnkirk102 11 months ago
"...This station will now leave the air."
netsurferx1 1 year ago 16
@netsurferx1 That gives me the fucking creeps. He might as well be saying "civilization has now ended. Good luck".
TithonusSyndrome 1 year ago 14
@TithonusSyndrome - Canada had a similar warning system, called Tocsin. An audio recording of a 1961 test broadcast of it is in the CBC archives, on the CBC website.
OofusTwillip 9 months ago
@OofusTwillip Thanks kindly!
TithonusSyndrome 4 months ago
Erie County, NY. This is from WBEN in Buffalo.
warszawianka 1 year ago
Is this a real thing?
applesweeter 1 year ago
0:13: That can give people panic attacks
aliceowl9210 1 year ago
Erie county... PA?
NikThaStik22 1 year ago
Thanks for reuploading this.
Do you happen to know what caused the other account's suspension?
PancakesoftheLove 1 year ago