Editing Emergency Broadcast System (section)

====Variations====
Variations of the test script were heard in different parts of the country throughout the years depending on FCC regulations at the time, local preferences, and whether the specific station performing the test was a primary EBS station or not. The announcement text was mandated by the FCC. Stations had the option of either reading the test script live, or using recorded versions. [[WHEN (AM)|WHEN]] radio in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[WGR]] radio in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], New York both had a sung version of the most common script.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=September 5, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRHAro1iTE |title=EBS Jingle |publisher=Klopford's OLD Channel |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201142608/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRHAro1iTE |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> There was also a version done by Los Angeles-based Cheap Radio Thrills, as well as another by the comedy team of [[Bob and Ray]]. The FCC declared it illegal to sing the test message, or read it as a joke. However, it was acceptable to read it in another language (for example, [[French language|French]] or [[Spanish language|Spanish]]), if a station broadcast in a language other than [[English language|English]], as was done on [[KWEX-DT|KWEX-TV]] in [[San Antonio, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arigk0R1GM8&ab_channel=ProjectPeacock | title=KWEX Emergency Broadcast System Test (1990s) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=11 December 2021 | access-date=2022-05-06 | archive-date=2022-05-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506154542/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arigk0R1GM8&ab_channel=ProjectPeacock | url-status=live }}</ref> Copies of the [[Emergency Action Notification|warning message script]] had a note saying that it was acceptable to broadcast in any other language, so long as it was broadcast in English as well.<ref>http://www.ae5d.com/images/EBS-29zx.png {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015140125/http://www.ae5d.com/images/EBS-29zx.png |date=2011-10-15 }} The attack warning script has a note that says it can be read out in any language other than English if it broadcasts in that language.</ref>

Additionally, for a time during the 1980s, [[WFSB]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] had a woman appearing onscreen to deliver the opening and closing test announcements by using sign language (for the deaf people across the Hartford television market), accompanied by a male announcer reading both announcements as they were displayed on screen.{{cn|date=February 2025}}