Emergency Broadcast System Test (1993)

This is a 1993 test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) on WBZ-4 Boston.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Emergency
• Broadcast
• System
• EBS
• Test
• WBZ
• TV
• Boston
• 1993

[MrCopyrightViolator]

These really scared me when I was a kid...

[weedipikia]

Emergency Brainwashing System

[jesidakoda]

I think the computerized voice makes it slightly worse. I remember hearing these as a child - pretty frequently, too, as we had cable & we'd get local weather alerts - & I'd run into my kitchen screaming & hide in the cabinets, haha

[peakster753]

@lalapubpub According to the EBS's wiki page, the sound frequency combination of the EBS alert tone was designed to be disharmonious to the human ear

[lalapubpub]

@powerpup97 the tone is so horrible that the first thing I would do is to switch off the receiver !

[janerikhermansen]

check out test by Prong!

[Dracoti]

check out the ''1080 snowboarding'' soundtrack, made this into a song :)

[losertini]

@MrCopyrightViolator I distinctly remember running and hiding behind my grandparents' couch every time one came on

[dft432]

@cookingboy3

Announcers such as Frank Avruch, Tom Evans, Meg Levigne & Dana Hersey were what made Boston tv fun to watch back in the day.

[cookingboy3]

@dft432 The announcers are nothing these days. I nearly crap myself whenever I get an alert.

[dft432]

@cookingboy3

The WLVI v/o announcer (back in the 80s) made the test spiel more dramatic before the infamous tone sounded.

[cookingboy3]

@dft432 Try an EAS test on comcast today. Watching normal TV, your entire screen goes black and you hear a 1050Hz tone, and your ears bleed horribly.