The Public Emergency Radio of the United States was a communications system planned during the cold war

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

 era in the 1970s, to be activated in anticipation of a nuclear attack. The radio system was designed to broadcast on 167, 179 and 191 kHz in the long wave radio band. The distribution stations would be activated by two "control stations" at 61.15 kHz, in Ault, Colorado

Ault, Colorado

The Town of Ault is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,432 at the U.S. Census 2000.-Geography:Ault is located at , at the intersection of U.S...

 and Cambridge, Kansas

Cambridge, Kansas

Cambridge is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 82.-History:Cambridge is named after Cambridge University in England....

.

The system was not implemented.

See also

• WGU-20
  Wgu-20
  WGU-20, also known as "the last radio station," was operated by the United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in the mid-to-late 1970s.-Public Emergency Radio:...
  
  
• HANDEL
  HANDEL
  HANDEL was the code-name for the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console consisting of two microphones, lights and gauges. The reason behind this was to provide a back-up if anything failed....
  
  
• Four minute warning
  Four minute warning
  The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992 when the system was dismantled after the cold war ended...
  
  
• Emergency Broadcast System
  Emergency Broadcast System
  The Emergency Broadcast System was an emergency warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System.-Purpose:...
  
  
• Wartime Broadcasting Service
  Wartime Broadcasting Service
  The Wartime Broadcasting Service was a service of the BBC that was intended to broadcast in the United Kingdom either after a nuclear attack or if conventional bombing destroyed regular BBC facilities in a conventional war ....