Tag Archives: Radios in Movies

Denis Spots Radio Gear in True Detective

Haluk Spots this Mystery Radio in a Vintage Turkish Film

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Haluk, who writes:

Hello.
I was skimming through a very old Turkish film.
Lo and behold, a maid turned on some (!) radio to provide music in a party…
The receiver looks serious but doesn’t look familiar, at least to me.

Regards,
Haluk

Thanks for sharing, Haluk. Can anyone ID this radio? Please comment!

Mark spots a Grundig in Persons of Interest

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:

I’m re-watching Person of Interest, which reappeared on Netflix recently, and spotted a Grundig radio (logo obscured) in one of the episodes.

Can anyone ID this model? I owned one of these at some point and gave it to a family member who was interested in shortwave. I recall it had great audio.

Al Spots a Hallicrafters Receiver in a Jeanne Mas Video

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Al, who writes:

Hello Thomas!

I’d like to pass along a radio spotting report; a Hallicrafters S-40B, or is it a S-77, in a Jeanne Mas video of her song “Johnny Johnny.”

It appears several times in the video, this may be the clearest, about :40 in.:

I have a S-40B tucked away in a closet so of course it caught my eye!

I stumbled upon it doing while doing research for this week’s “Birthday Radiogram” segment that airs during The Mighty KBC’s “The Giant Jukebox” music show with host Eric van Willegen. I’ve been producing the segment for a couple of years now. Kim Elliott of “Shortwave Radiogram” invited me to give it a try while he was away on family business.

I’d never heard of Jeanne Mas, a French pop singer from the ‘80s, but her birthday is this weekend. Her videos do have quite a few hits. For the moment, I’m going with Cindy Wilson of the B-52s for the segment this week. But we’ll see how things develop.

I thought your readers might enjoy this sighting…and the video <smile>

73 de WD4AH

-Al

Thank you for sharing this, Al!

Anachronism Alert: FM on a Radio in the WWII Blitz?

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul, who writes:

Hi Thomas, while watching this documentary from the BBC telling how people Northern Ireland survived the Blitz in World War 2. I spotted this glitch. The picture is from a scene when Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany.

It will be noted that the radio’s dial has an FM band. FM broadcasting commenced in the UK in 1955.

Cheers

Paul
Christchurch,
New Zealand

You’ve a keen eye for detail, Paul. Thanks for sharing.

Mark Spots a Kenwood in Plur1bus

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes:

Thomas,

Episode 4 of Pluribus dropped today (November 21).

It opens with a radio operator methodically tuning across the amateur bands listening for a signal.

Mark

Wow! I’ve been watching Pluribus and wondered how I missed this shot, only to realize that episode 4 just dropped! Thank you for sharing this, Mark. I’m excited to watch it later today.

Radios in the Netflix post-apocalyptic Argentinian miniseries “The Eternaut”

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balazs, who writes:

Hi Thomas,

I have just finished the series, “The Eternaut” (published at the end of April), and the story features old one-way or two-way radios in several places; see the attached pictures.

(Fun fact: one of the main characters used the call sign LU5DA and is shown a map for an antenna setup, the call sign in reality belongs to Radio Club Río de la Plata and (according to Google) their address matched the map.)

Trailer of the series in English: