27monster27 15,983 Posted August 19, 2025 Share Posted August 19, 2025 I can't believe I just found out about this. I was reading up some release dates of Lady Gagas songs on Wikipedia, and I found this message: "On November 9, 2011, there was an emergency alert test that activated at 2 p.m. EST. However, DirecTV users didn't hear the 3-tone beep first, and the song was played instead." I looked this up and it's actually real : https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/national-emergency-alert-test-total-failure Apparently this was a part of a larger EAS issue during the test; some stations ran the test for way longer than 30 seconds. I think the Lady Gaga based mistake was due to it being a radio station involved with DirectTV? Spoiler It's a shame that Marry The Night wasn't played since it was about to need it at the time. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purrrrrr 18,316 Posted August 19, 2025 Share Posted August 19, 2025 that's exactly what i'd want to hear during whatever emergency was about to occur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymistake 363 Posted August 19, 2025 Share Posted August 19, 2025 iconic when you killed me inside, that's when i came alive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 15,983 Posted August 19, 2025 Author Share Posted August 19, 2025 2 hours ago, Zombiecat said: that's exactly what i'd want to hear during whatever emergency was about to occur Now that you mention it, the post chorus would pop off as an EAS alarm. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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