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{{Short description|Former United States emergency warning system}} {{Distinguish|Emergency Warning Broadcast system|Emergency Warning System| Emergency Alert System}} {{hatnote|For the record label, see [[Emergency Broadcast System Records]]. For the multimedia group, see [[Emergency Broadcast Network]].}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2008}} {{Infobox broadcasting network | name=Emergency Broadcast System | logo=Emergency Broadcast System Logo.png||logo caption=The Emergency Broadcast System logo from 1976 to 1997, using the Puente font. | broadcast_area=Nationwide | launched=1963 (as Emergency Action Notification System)<br />1976 (as Emergency Broadcast System) | replaced_by=[[Emergency Alert System]] | replaced=[[CONELRAD]] | country=United States | dissolved=1997 | network_type=[[Emergency population warning|Emergency warning system]] }} The '''Emergency Broadcast System''' ('''EBS'''), sometimes called the '''Emergency Action Notification System''' ('''EANS'''), was an [[Emergency population warning|emergency warning system]] used in the [[United States]]. It was the most commonly used, along with the [[Local Access Alert|Emergency Override system]]. It replaced the previous [[CONELRAD]] system and was used from 1963 to 1997, at which point it was replaced by the [[Emergency Alert System]].
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