CONELRAD (Control of Electro-Magnetic Radiation)
CONELRAD (Control of Electro-Magnetic Radiation) :
Public Emergency Radio Broadcast System - "the specially organized system which will utilize broadcasting voluntarily in the public interest as soon as the approach of an enemy is detected". "The CONELRAD system became opertive on May 15, 1953. A nationwide test in October demonstrated that it was generally practical". (FCDA, 1953 Annual Report, pp. 1 and 29) "Every major radio manufacturer in the U.S. is now marking the dials of all new radio sets with the civil defense symbol at 640 and 1240 kilocylces to denote the two Conelrad freqauencies". (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, p. 94) "FCDA produced two short subjects [in 1954] ?`Bert The Turtle' one-minute spont on Conelrad". (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, p. 95)
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