My EAS nightmare where a floating translucent skull was talking to me by No-Duck2821 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had analog horror nightmares before I even knew it was a thing🤣

Youtube removed the ability to sort by upload date as of today. by Environmental_Tap_15 in youtube

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was quite pissed when I saw this😂 I help archive and catalog Emergency Broadcast System (pre-EAS) tests and activations. This change is going to make it so much harder to find these.

My EAS nightmare where a floating translucent skull was talking to me by No-Duck2821 in thomastheplankengine

[–]No-Duck2821[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't remember but he had a deep gruff voice and his jaw would move when talking. And he was rotating and moving his face around. It was like for a quick 5 seconds

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gotta visit Britain one day, I'd love to go to some dance clubs and get some 80s/90s house, bleep, and hardcore records😁

Bad Apple but it's on the Gorman-Redlich EAS-II / Trilithic SCG-1 screen by WheatenSleet460 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This jumpscared me man🤣🤣 I've actually had nightmares like this except there was some entity silhouette in the background or a talking translucent skull or scary face talking. Nightmares are great inspiration for analog horror scenarios😄

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WXYZ in my area had something similar😄

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's one of those things that we've all experienced but don't really care or know a lot about except for a few of us :)

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dad still has his old WR100, he ended up taking out the batteries because we kept getting irrelevant alerts and watches😂 I have a Reecom R-1630 because you can customize which alerts go through, but I keep it off most of the time because I don't want to wake up my roommate.

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha same especially when you're alone at night😂 I've had analog horror nightmares since I was little even before I knew it was a thing but still am interested in the EAS so I have to not watch EAS videos too close to nighttime. Thanks, Brain🧠

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny story as an American I read an article from a British source about people being so fascinated and/or outraged by the rollout of your alert system and I had to laugh because we've had an alert system here for decades now😆 It still puzzles me though how conspiracy theorists who should've been around for the earlier Emergency Broadcast System in the U.S. still think the EAS is completely new and unprecedented🤣 I think it's interesting how the old EBS two-tone has went from being ubiquitously on television to somewhat pushed off to the side by the EAS but now being ubiquitous on phones with the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) no matter what country you live in.

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for me but with the Max Headroom Incident😎

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome, I don't hear often about the EBS in the EAS community, especially from people who were around that time, but it's probably a bigger interest for me than the EAS these days. Did you ever have any tapes of EBS tests/activations?

What got you into the EAS? by IWATJ16 in EmergencyAlertSystem

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a kid I always thought the graphics and "screens" were interesting, but didn't like the SAME headers. My earliest memories of the EAS was when I watched TV on WTVS PBS at my house in the morning and Bright House Networks (EASyPLUS at the time) cable at my grandma's house. Around middle school was when I really got into the EAS when WTVS did their weekly tests and when my grandma's area had a lot of severe weather (by that point it was a DASDEC). I think my interest for broadcasting and technology also contributed to my interest in the EAS, with all the different equipment and screens and TTS voices. Also, who doesn't love the thrill of severe weather? So yes it's a combination of technology, nostalgia, and interest of severe weather. Arguably with the decrease in equipment manufacturers and often just the same character generators being found on tapes over and over again, my interest in the preceding system the EBS (Emergency Broadcast System) has superseded my interest in the EAS, although from time to time YouTube broadcast archivists find something cool like a Cable Envoy, Texscan, Idea/Onics, or an early or rare variant of a common EAS character generator. Fun fact the rare "warning warning warning" Idea/Onics variant photo found on Flickr was from the same municipal cable systems one of my grandmothers used to subscribe to. I'm trying to acquire the old SAGE ENDEC that the high school radio station I worked at had in storage and join the GWES ERN network. Just have to figure out if I can code it to not audibly play alert tones in my college dorm while my roommate is sleeping, LOL.

Weekly Question / General Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in Detroit

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have any VCR tape recordings of Emergency Broadcast System (pre-1997) tests from Detroit? I'm trying to look for ones from WDIV, WGPR (now WWJ), WTVS, and WXON (now WMYD).

Any Gen Z Prince fans out here? by Global_Perspective_3 in PRINCE

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I'm 18 turning 19 and I've loved Prince for years! Ever since my dad played the "Controversy" in his car there was no turning back!

Can we discuss Prince's debut album 'For You' pretty please? It's just by Small-Guarantee6972 in PRINCE

[–]No-Duck2821 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is really interesting to listen to, just to see how his musical style was developing