Post by kusogetheater on Aug 20, 2023 22:06:33 GMT
Back in the 2010s, I was really obsessed with numbers stations and other radio oddities. I had certain terms I would search every day on Youtube, like "strange radio broadcast," "weird broadcast," "EAS broadcast," etc. One morning before work, one of these searches brought up a video about a fictional Emergency Broadcast System message. Here's how I remember the video: it started sort of like Alfred Hitchcock Presents (including being in black and white), with a largish man walking out from the right side of the screen, and giving a short introduction while facing the camera--it was something like "Here is the Emergency Broadcast System message broadcast on [date]." The camera then zoomed in on an old-timey radio, and the broadcast began. As I remember, the contents of the emergency warning itself were not unusual, but before the EBS message ended, there was static indicating another source cutting in. An announcer said "This message was brought to you by [company name]." There might have been more to the cut-in message at the end than what I remember. I feel like the company name was something like the Stitch In Time company.
Another detail that stands out in my memory is that the description said something about the video being an entry in a short film festival or competition, something along those lines. I had planned to go back and download the video in a couple of days, but when I tried to bring it up again, I couldn't find it, and I had cleared my watch history. I don't remember the title, the channel name, or anything other than the contents of the video itself. For all I know, it might not even be lost, but I've never been able to find it again by using those search terms.
