DXing on Television Shows

[Steve Green NEPA]

I mean, as part of the plot.

Last week I caught an old Columbo episode. In it he was scouring for clues in the deceased's car -- and noted that the car was loaded with Country cassettes but the radio was tuned to a Classical station.

It put me in mind of an old Kojak episode. In his office he had, hooked up, the radio from a car whose origin and travels were unknown but crucial. IIrc, he was punching up the presets and IDing the stations as, 'Yeah. That's Hartford', or 'That's Providence'.

Any other instances you folks can recall? Maybe from the movies if not from TV?

 

[channel99]

I mean, as part of the plot.

Last week I caught an old Columbo episode. In it he was scouring for clues in the deceased's car -- and noted that the car was loaded with Country cassettes but the radio was tuned to a Classical station.

It put me in mind of an old Kojak episode. In his office he had, hooked up, the radio from a car whose origin and travels were unknown but crucial. IIrc, he was punching up the presets and IDing the stations as, 'Yeah. That's Hartford', or 'That's Providence'.

Any other instances you folks can recall? Maybe from the movies if not from TV?

I recall a rerun of Our Miss Brooks involving the high school student (played by Richard Crenna) picking up a radio forecast of an impending hurricane and alarming the community. But it later turned out to be from a station in Hawaii.

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

Some of those stations could have conceivably be heard on Long Island. Doubt that they could be heard in New York City itself. Perhaps listening to stations in Hartford (WHCN in their Classical Days?) and Providence (WXCN) indicated where they lived or had lived or visited.

Concert Network.

https://wncn.org

 

[CTListener]

Last week I caught an old Columbo episode. In it he was scouring for clues in the deceased's car -- and noted that the car was loaded with Country cassettes but the radio was tuned to a Classical station.

Hey, that's my old car! I'm not dead! I just forgot to remove the cassettes when I traded it in 20 years ago! I now have several country CDs in the car, but I still listen to one of the classical stations frequently. Not sure why Columbo thinks anyone who listens to both genres is suspicious.

 

[gr8oldies]

The professor was always DXing LA stations on Gilligan's Island. This article purports to tell you on what radio.

http://www.gilligansisle.com/radio....Magnavox,radio with dual telescoping antennas.

 

[DXBob]

The film American Graffiti featured all the younger people listening to XERB featuring Wolfman Jack.

Bob

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Ah, there was poetic justice and a good deal of fiction used for those TV shows vis-a-vis DXing and clues. Writers and directors and actors generally are not expected to know about protected contours and the fineries of the hobby. We could allow those people a bit of elbow room. Their poetic license regarding DX hadn't expired yet.
There was no such thing as a precinct called 'Manhattan South', for example, hi.