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Classic Radio Special - CONELRAD
A podcast on the predecessor to the Emergency Broadcast System and the Emergency Alert System - CONELRAD
First, No Second Chance from 1955 - "No Second Chance" Conelrad in "practice" radio public service drama / documentary. 1955 Written by Jack Kessler Directed by Eric Howlett Produced by the National Office of Civil Defense by WJR Detroit
Second, By The People from 1959. A government produced radio drama about the Emergency Broadcasting System known as CONELRAD. The story concerns Key City Chronicle reporter Dan Taylor (played by Lon Clark) doing the "whole story" on CONELRAD. Three years after this broadcast, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS).
Finally a recording of the 1961 CONELRAD test, Operation Alert 1961 complete with message from President Kennedy.
This recording was made directly off the air. The station was 1240 Khz WSBC in Chicago.
First, No Second Chance from 1955 - "No Second Chance" Conelrad in "practice" radio public service drama / documentary. 1955 Written by Jack Kessler Directed by Eric Howlett Produced by the National Office of Civil Defense by WJR Detroit
Second, By The People from 1959. A government produced radio drama about the Emergency Broadcasting System known as CONELRAD. The story concerns Key City Chronicle reporter Dan Taylor (played by Lon Clark) doing the "whole story" on CONELRAD. Three years after this broadcast, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS).
Finally a recording of the 1961 CONELRAD test, Operation Alert 1961 complete with message from President Kennedy.
This recording was made directly off the air. The station was 1240 Khz WSBC in Chicago.
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By Wyatt Cox
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A podcast on the predecessor to the Emergency Broadcast System and the Emergency Alert System - CONELRAD
First, No Second Chance from 1955 - "No Second Chance" Conelrad in "practice" radio public service drama / documentary. 1955 Written by Jack Kessler Directed by Eric Howlett Produced by the National Office of Civil Defense by WJR Detroit
Second, By The People from 1959. A government produced radio drama about the Emergency Broadcasting System known as CONELRAD. The story concerns Key City Chronicle reporter Dan Taylor (played by Lon Clark) doing the "whole story" on CONELRAD. Three years after this broadcast, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS).
Finally a recording of the 1961 CONELRAD test, Operation Alert 1961 complete with message from President Kennedy.
This recording was made directly off the air. The station was 1240 Khz WSBC in Chicago.
First, No Second Chance from 1955 - "No Second Chance" Conelrad in "practice" radio public service drama / documentary. 1955 Written by Jack Kessler Directed by Eric Howlett Produced by the National Office of Civil Defense by WJR Detroit
Second, By The People from 1959. A government produced radio drama about the Emergency Broadcasting System known as CONELRAD. The story concerns Key City Chronicle reporter Dan Taylor (played by Lon Clark) doing the "whole story" on CONELRAD. Three years after this broadcast, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS).
Finally a recording of the 1961 CONELRAD test, Operation Alert 1961 complete with message from President Kennedy.
This recording was made directly off the air. The station was 1240 Khz WSBC in Chicago.
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