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emergency broadcast system
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emergency broadcast system [ə′mər·jən·sē ′brȯd‚kast ‚sis·təm]
(communications)
A system of broadcast stations and interconnecting facilities authorized by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to operate in a controlled manner during a war, threat of war, state of public peril or disaster, or other national emergency.


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With improvements which should be completed this year, the METS will more effectively serve the ECC by linking not only key emergency responders but also all elements of the Emergency Broadcasting System that serves the Bay Area.
Mutated humans, a band of barbaric road warriors, 50-foot hillbillies and IRS agents (the only branch of the government to survive) plague the Bradleys, who must also cope with limited food, water and gasoline amid sporadic reports from two Emergency Broadcasting System deejays and their drifter sidekick.
 
 
 
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