WFMJ 21, Emergency Broadcast System, 1988
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- This EBS interruption of an NBC movie was recorded in 1988 off WFMJ, channel 21 in Youngstown Ohio. I added a storm warning card from later in the show. No rights held or implied. Check out more at oldtvads.blogspot.com...
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Wow...20+ years after this card creeped me out as a kid, I never thought I'd see it again. It's come back to haunt me! Lol
RIP John Finn, who created this terrifying yet unique EBS slide
I like the beginning of the EBS.
The station used this clip to illustrate the change in how thunderstorm and tornado warnings are broadcast in modern times on the 11 pm news on April 18, 2024.
This is awesome
This Emergency Broadcast is brought to you by...Fruit of the Loom!
Jim Martin is the voiceover at the beginning
Jim Martin, WFMJ EBS Severe Weather Bulletin beginning: ("We interrupt this program to activate the Youngstown operational area Emergency Broadcast System at the request of the National Weather Service.")
Great 1988 commercial!
Whoa. An EBS alert related to a Thunderstorm. Those are basically rare. The common Thunder Storm warnings these days come from the more sophisticated Emergency Alert System. Normally we only heard the EBS tones monthly from God knows when all the way to 1996 when they tested the damn systems. And those were reserved for when a possible Nuclear Attack which never happened even after it was replaced by EAS in 1997. Then and only then were they used for warning people on a weather related emergency. Hardcore, viewers.
Does anyone recall what the warning slides looked like in 1985? I’m trying to envision what I would have seen had I been watching TV the evening of May 31, 1985, so any recollections of the Tornado Warning slides from the Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Erie, or Cleveland stations would be relevant.
This is Don Dempsey voice he was the voice over from 1984-1989 then later he did voice of 21action news fall of 1989-1991
Wish they bring this voice over and the wfmj logo back and the 1990 21 action news at six or 11pm from wfmj 1990
Can you post the WKBN-TV 27 and/or the WYTV-TV 33 version of the Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Columbiana County from 1988, like you did WFMJ? WKBN's version was Weather Advisory card, then the Live TV27 Color Weather Radar, then the Weather Advisory Card. WYTV's version was EBS Card, with WYTV announcer Al Medvey at the beginning of WYTV's EBS interruption slide, "We interrupt this program so that we bring this announcment from the Youngstown, Ohio operational area, then the (Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm/Flash Flood) Warning on the Circle 33 logo Card, then back to the EBS Card, with WYTV announcer Al Medvey at the end of WYTV's EBS interruption slide, "This concludes this announcement from the Youngstown, Ohio operational area broadcast system. Stay tuned to this station for further information."
Sorry, don't have that...
WYTV's EBS Alert late 80s card had a red background, with the letter font similar to the Subaru logo back then, with the first letter of each word beginning with a capital letter, the rest of the letters of the word lower case (Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm/Flash Flood) Warning on the Circle 33 logo, EAS CEC, and at the lower portion of screen, "WYTV Youngstown"
Marie Pavlov Can you find them on CZcams or Google?
You can't find the WYTV late 80's EBS Alert on either CZcams or Google, the person you should contact is Phil Ciccone, EAS CEC!!! I'm sure he'll tell you that somebody may have it on tape
Marie Pavlov, Can you tell me what the color of the background, Where the EBS Logo, CD logo and Circle 33 Logo is on the one you told me 5 months ago? And Btw, I found KRIV's Test.
Yes, the original EBS, designed to keep people informed for any emergency situation (such as bad weather, i.e. a hurricane , blizzard or tornado, etc) yet the attention signal can be for most people annoying @ the same time.
I think it's successor the E.A.S (Emergency Alert System) has that same or similar purpose of function.
It's supposed to get your attention.
That's why it's called the "attention signal".
Okay I kinda remember this. But I mostly remember the W on the top left of the screen...that was a bit unnerving as a kid. (The same with WKBN's old Triangles of Doom).
newstarcadefan WTOL in Toledo use to use an odd "Double W" logo for their watch/warning bugs.
same here....WFMJ (late 80s), the W with flood/lightning/tornado/snow on the top left of the screen. WKBN (late 80s/early 90s), the Triangles of Doom, green (Flood), yellow (Thunderstorm), red (tornado/winter storm) with the W, also on top left of the screen. WYTV (late 80s/early 90s) just the plain W on the top left of the screen.
As the matter of fact, on May 31, 1985, the day of Tornado '85, when tornadoes leveled Trumbull and Mercer counties, WYTV was the one and only Youngstown, Ohio TV station that had the plain W on the TV screen for severe weather watches and warnings. My how things have changed since then.
Marie Pavlov Can you find the Triangle of Doom?
yes I can, EAS CEC
Marie Pavlov What videos are on there or how can you find the triangles
Another northeastern Ohio EBS Test is Found from 1993 it has to be a Cleveland station and what northeastern Ohio station used that EBS test slide that was uploaded by Mainely Maine Not Commercials. Both Detroit EBS Test uploads WXYZ and WKBD had civil defense logos in their EBS test slides.
Nick albers, that Cleveland station was WKYC.
Someone else said it was WEWS from 1993
@@nicka727, it's WKYC, not WEWS.
Was it the real WFMJ slide? On the second one the slide that showed severe weather, in 1989 when WXYZ in Detroit switch to the slide that says like Tornado Warning, Thunderstorm Warning, or Severe Weather with the EBS tone playing in the background.
Yes, I grew up in Youngstown and remember this slide well. WFMJ used this from roughly 1986-1990...the one they used after this one was especially creepy; they also used updated warning slides with the new EBS slide so they looked more like each other
Chris D If you're talking about the one where it had Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado in cursive with WARNING in huge letters below it, hell yeah it was creepy! I have it on tape somewhere from the summer of 1992.
mst3k4evr Oh man! Could you post that?
What did the updated slide of WFMJ look like? and the one that's creepy?
The one after this as I recall was a black translucent background with the three EBS "eggs" but they were taller than the ones in this video, and "EBS" in the same font, no "Emergency Broadcast System" banner underneath. Very cryptic and very creepy
Do you have any EBS tests from Cleveland, Toledo, and/or Youngstown, Ohio areas?
Marie Pavlov I’ve seen WTOL’s Toledo 11 (CBS) from March 1988 it was a dark colored background with the words Emergency Broadcast System In The center of the screen and scrolling text at the bottom separated by the blue and green lines. WJKW/WJW channel 8 Cleveland when it was a CBS affiliate see WSNS excerpt and also looked like WXON TV 20 In Detroit.
Nick albers, the EBS test from Youngstown, Ohio that I remember the most is WYTV 33. First with a "E.B.S. Test" graphic on the Blue square on the upper left side and WYTV Youngstown, Ohio graphic on the upper right side and "This is a test. This is station is conducting a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test." graphic at lower portion of the screen. Next, the oval "EBS" graphic with dark background with white ovals (red letter, e; blue letter, b; green letter, s) with a "This is only a test graphic under the oval "EBS" logo for a good 10 seconds as the Attention Signal was carried by the EBS encoder. Lastly, with a "E.B.S. Test" graphic on the Blue square on the upper right side and WYTV Youngstown, Ohio graphic on the upper right side and "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and other authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual energency, you would have been instructed where to tune in your area for news and official information. This concludes this test of the Emergency Broadcast System." graphic at lower portion of the screen.
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Someone please upload the Emergency Broadcast System test clip for Univision Los Angeles, CA (KMEX). It's in Spanish. Now that one was creepy.
Victor Diaz what did the entirely Spanish KMEX slide look like? I’m from Michigan and Spanish stations are not common in Michigan. In California, the Spanish stations have EBS tests.
Please Look Up The WSNS Rainbow Tower Slide. It Is The Same As WSNS But With Some Spanish Words And A Different Angle For The Picture.
@@eascec8374, the WSNS Rainbow Tower EBS Slide was the same EBS slide as WJKW/WJW EBS Slide back when WJW Fox 8 was TV8.
Salem rules!
It feels like analog. Simper time.
EBS in the middle of a program lol