The Public Emergency Radio of the United States was a communications system planned during the
cold war
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
era in the 1970s, to be activated in anticipation of a nuclear attack. The radio system was designed to broadcast on 167, 179 and 191 kHz in the
long wave radio band. The distribution stations would be activated by two "control stations" at 61.15 kHz, in
Ault, Colorado and
Cambridge, Kansas
Cambridge is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 92.
History
Like many communities in Kansas, Cambridge owes its existence to a railroad. When the Kansas City, Lawrence & Sou ...
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The system was not implemented.
See also
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WGU-20
WGU-20 was an emergency government civil defense preparedness radio station in Chase, Maryland USA, operated by the United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in the 1970s.
Public emergency radio
Operating 24 hours a day on a longwave freq ...
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HANDEL
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...
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Four minute warning
The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile ...
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Emergency Broadcast System
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Wartime Broadcasting Service
Cold War history of the United States
Defunct radio networks in the United States
Emergency Alert System
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Defunct radio stations in the United States
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