{"id":48126,"date":"2021-03-09T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48126"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:16:26","slug":"radio-on-tv-science-channel-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/radio-on-tv-science-channel-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio on TV: Science Channel Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image Credit: Wiki Logos Public Domain<\/p>\n

Guest Post by Troy Riedel<\/p>\n

In keeping with a popular theme here – “radio in\/on TV & movies” – I wanted to share the following that I saw on the\u00a0Science Channel (part of the Discovery Network):<\/p>\n

Show: What on Earth?
\nS5 Ep2
\nOriginally aired 1\/15\/19<\/p>\n

The above referenced episode has a segment on Cuban Numbers Stations – it\u2019s at minute-45 in the 60-minute broadcast version with commercials.<\/p>\n

Of course the show\u2019s premise is \u201cwhat\u2019s this\u201d so the segment starts out (as every segment does) analyzing a satellite photo and shapes (that turn out to be antennas). This segment is more about the \u201cset-up\u201d than the numbers stations themselves. It\u2019s not really geared for radio enthusiasts but rather as something that may interest the general viewer – that there are active “espionage” Cuban Numbers Stations, when & why they started, and a brief mention of the arrests of what eventually became known as the Cuban Five<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The entire segment is only 5-minutes (approximately the same length as their “non-feature”, or minor segments).<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s available free On Demand via Dish Network & is likely available for free on other services. Again – this won’t enlighten anyone who already knows there are “Cuban Numbers Stations”, but it is nice to see shortwave radio on mainstream “educational” TV programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image Credit: Wiki Logos Public Domain Guest Post by Troy Riedel In keeping with a popular theme here – “radio in\/on TV & movies” – I wanted to share the following that I saw on the\u00a0Science Channel (part of the Discovery Network): Show: What on Earth? S5 Ep2 Originally aired 1\/15\/19 The above referenced episode […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3194,172],"tags":[4581],"class_list":["post-48126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-numbers-stations","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cwe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37397,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/people-are-no-longer-dependent-on-radio-really\/","url_meta":{"origin":48126,"position":0},"title":"People Are No Longer Dependent On Radio (really?!)","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"May 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Credit: St. Louis Public Radio via RadioINK.com As the regular readers know, this site is not purely and entirely shortwave radio-centric \u2026 we enjoy all radio. 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