Other Subjects (French Trafalgar, British Waterloo)

The following is a list of Other Subjects related to Mass Media in the French Trafalgar, British Waterloo universe. This article was created due to the inability to link these articles into the categories already present, but can still be seen as important in the Popular Culture of FTBW.

CONELRAD (Control of Electric Radiation)
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CONELRAD (Control of Electric Radiation) was a system designed for the to send emergency information to the American Public in the event of a nuclear exchange. It had the dual purpose of providing this information through either pre-recorded or live radio and television broadcasts, as well as reducing the likelihood of enemy bombers using the radio and television stations as beacons to home in on American cities. With the development of Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM’s) however, the need to confuse enemy airplanes that were homing on cities with radio and television signals virtually disappeared, and the system was replaced with in 1962.

Before CONELRAD was established in 1949, local and state governments had been in charge of emergency alerts to their citizens. However, many localities did not opt for this due to the cost, and only the largest cities (with the notable exception of Washington, D.C., due to its role as a federal city with a very restricted local government) could afford to implement such system, as well as the reluctance of radio stations to participate. The invasion of the United States by the Confederacy in 1942, and the subsequent chaos in the effected states which had not received warning beforehand gave the federal government the push it needed to take over nationwide emergency services. It wasn't until 1947 after the war however, for the US Congress and President to make it a priority to build a federal warning system, especially over fears of French, Brazilian and Japanese nuclear armed bombers, many of which were positioned within hours of major cities in, the  and.

EBAS (Emergency Broadcast Alert Service)
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The Emergency Broadcast Alert Service (EBAS) is a Federal, State and Local emergency service designed to quickly alert the people in the locale effected via the use of television, radio, sirens and recently through text-messages and e-mails of disasters, both natural and man-made, as well as "...the event of war, the threat of war and grave national crisis." Established in 1962 to replace (Control of Electric Radiation), the EBAS is still in use to this day. Over the years, it has been updated, including sending a mass e-mail to all those that have signed up, starting in 1996, and recently sending a widespread text message to all cell phones made since 2008.