{"id":29006,"date":"2017-10-31T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29006"},"modified":"2017-10-31T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:05:03","slug":"video-watch-students-at-ksdb-perform-a-numbers-station-radio-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/video-watch-students-at-ksdb-perform-a-numbers-station-radio-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Watch students at KSDB perform a numbers station radio drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29007\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fullscreen-capture-10312017-74123-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fullscreen-capture-10312017-74123-PM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fullscreen-capture-10312017-74123-PM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fullscreen-capture-10312017-74123-PM-624x352.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, James Copeland, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have enjoyed reading the SWLing Post for years and appreciate all your hard work. I wanted to share something with you that might interest the readers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29011\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/KSDB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"150\" \/>A few months ago, I was inspired to start writing a radio drama about a number station after reading an article on the SWLing Post about someone working at a number station.<\/p>\n<p>I am the program director for <a href=\"https:\/\/ksdbfm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the student-run radio station at Kansas State University<\/a>, and we performed this drama live last Tuesday on our radio station.<\/p>\n<p>The plot follows a worker at the station who has to decide what to do when she learns that the numbers she reads end up killing people and could start a nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>There are also a lot of short recordings from various active and inactive stations, including one of my recordings of HM01 at the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p>We at <a href=\"https:\/\/ksdbfm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSDB<\/a> love producing radio dramas and make them just like the golden days of radio with as many live sound effects as possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPiUBvTUY50?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kPiUBvTUY50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for sharing this, James! <em><strong>I love it!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I listened to the audio as I hiked this afternoon&#8211;I actually prefer &#8220;theatre of the mind&#8221; without visuals with the first listen. Now I&#8217;ll watch the studio video and enjoy the reading, sound effects and direction!<\/p>\n<p>James, you&#8217;re welcome to share your radio dramas here anytime! Bravo for putting together such a cool little radio drama. I love the off air numbers station recordings and clips!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> If you&#8217;d like to learn more about KSDB-FM or to stream their programming, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/ksdbfm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/919-KSDB-Manhattan-s35263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, James Copeland, who writes: I have enjoyed reading the SWLing Post for years and appreciate all your hard work. I wanted to share something with you that might interest the readers. A few months ago, I was inspired to start writing a radio drama about a number station after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3,172,43,304],"tags":[6608,6609,6607,6606,4088,2298,445],"class_list":["post-29006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-college-radio","tag-dystopia","tag-james-copeland","tag-ksdb-fm","tag-numbers-stations","tag-radio-drama","tag-spy-numbers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7xQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58571,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/kggfs-old-time-christmas-radio-drama-and-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":29006,"position":0},"title":"KGGF&#8217;s Old-Time Christmas Radio Drama and Music!","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, James Copeland (KD\u00d8ICP), who writes: Hi Thomas, Hope you are doing well. 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Cook writes: The radio signal that occupies 4625 kHz has reportedly been broadcasting since\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"UVB-76-detail","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UVB-76-detail-300x100.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":65563,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/new-persian-numbers-station-surfaces-after-u-s-attacks-iran\/","url_meta":{"origin":29006,"position":3},"title":"New Persian Numbers Station Surfaces After U.S. Attacks Iran","author":"Thomas","date":"March 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet who shares this article from Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty about a Persian-language numbers station that has recently appeared on shortwave: https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/mystery-numbers-station-persian-signal-iran-war\/33700659.html Long-time shortwave listeners know that numbers stations often seem to surface during periods of geopolitical tension. 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