CB Radio Featured in Film and Tv

Riverdale, again. Season 3 Episode 17 Chapter Fifty-Two: "The Raid"

A Cobra 29 Nightwatch with small switch mode PSU, along with a number of old base radios I don't recognise at around the 17 mins point.



Jughead is using various radios to communicate with his the South Side Serpent gang who are rounding up drug dealers. He's doing bloomin' well to communicate with them as half his radios don't have anything plugged into to the antenna socket including the Cobra lol.. I did mention about the facts and continuity in my last post

Riverdale, again again, and last one just for giggles on facts as not strictly CB but close enough. End of Season 4 Episode 4 Chapter Sixty-One: "Halloween", an FBI agent is using an Icom transceiver to listen in on a mobile phone conversation.

Checking out the range of Icom radios it looks they had a range that used the same chassis for different bands, like the IC-7300 and IC-9700 of today. I can't tell exactly what model this one is, but as he is listening to mobile phones lets say it's the IC-1275 which is a bit more probable than the IC-(2/4/5)75 models. Nice touch with the tape deck which kind of matches the year of the rig. Just found it impressive that he could pick up so well the digital signals of the modern smart phones he was listening into

Riverdale, promise it's the last one honest, as only have a couple of episodes to go now before I get to the end of the current season. There have been a number of radio occurrences between my last post and this one, if anyone is tempted to binge watch the lot. The radios popping up here and there aside, the programme is like Hollyoaks on steroids... I wouldn't recommend it to most of you. It has just been my brain switch off viewing to got to for a while. This last posting is just because it is fitting in the current climate of possible power shortages in a part of Europe today, and (hopefully not) in the UK this winter.

Season 6 Episode 12 Chapter One-hundred and Seven: "In the fog". The power goes out in Riverdale. In Pops (a diner), there is mention that there is an old ham radio in the back they could use. The diner owner uses it to call out for help. This is what she used..



To me it looks like an old am broadcast receiving radio, an unknown CB radio, a desk mike and a couple of 2m band possibly mag mount antennas. I am not going to mention facts and continuity again  Nice touch that it is all apparently connected to a car battery on the side *tick*. Does anyone know what the CB type radio is, or is it a 2m radio? I am looking around for a possible 2m SSB radio for the near future, so please do let know if you know what this one is.

Now what to watch next featuring CBs...

The shortwave receiver is a Heathkit GR-64 :-

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/heath_gr_64.html


Not sure about the other but does have that old 23 channel CB vibe about it.

Love looking at old radios!!

That CB could be a 70's Kraco SSB De Luxe




This picture borrowed from www.rigpic.com seems to match it.

Nice spot there Ray and I think you have the winner.

(I got too hooked up on looking at old valve and VFO CB radios! )

Well done both. The CB looks like a nice one for collectors, but it won't be an option I'll be searching out for 2m SSB work then obviously  Thanks.

Ms Marvel, mini-series.

Spotted a Realistic TRC-490 Navaho CB on the workbench of Bruno, tech wiz friend of Kamala in his apartment. Can be seen a few times including at Ep1 19:20 & 22:50, Ep3 19:40, and Ep5 between 32 & 34mins.

I bet a few CT members have similar looking workbenches...   

SangueG wrote:

Ms Marvel, mini-series.

Spotted a Realistic TRC-490 Navaho CB on the workbench of Bruno, tech wiz friend of Kamala in his apartment. Can be seen a few times including at Ep1 19:20 & 22:50, Ep3 19:40, and Ep5 between 32 & 34mins.

I bet a few CT members have similar looking workbenches...   

That is a good spot

There is a Realistic TRC-46 in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry.
They use it to listen to the cops on their getaway,  which would not be possible, different bands.

He's got my car!

John123 wrote:

For all those who remember the '80s British sitcom 'Terry and June', there was an episode called 'Eyeball Eyeball.' Terry ended up buying a couple of cb radios in that episode. I was trying to find it on YouTube without any luck.

Now have seen this topic ...

that episode of terry and June was on about three weeks ago

also at youtube uploaded recently, i saw part in the begin, seems fun, He is saying joined the Citizen Band & She is saying the Salvation Army Band & if he will be able to sell it ... will watch all the rest for sure

It is not CB but SW close ... the other day watched Independence Day: Resurgence 2016 & at time 1:19 start using SW radio because the Aliens could not trace it like computer systems technology ... any one into Sci Fi movies perhaps can watch it, is not too bad movie

Fear the the Walking Dead

Morgan on a Galaxy DX 2547 or a variant of

Another almost blink and you'll miss it moment, just watched the 2014 movie Lucy and a Team Roadcom-FS CB is briefly featured at one point. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't watched it other than to say.. this movie version of the radio has some amazing receive capabilities.

I'd forgotten about this posting Neal and good to see you resurrecting it with a well caught moment.  

Earlier Ray (Razz229) posted up a trailer for the 1977 film "Citizens Band" (renamed "Handle with Care") and seems to be about the only Youtube clip that's survived the brash of copyright claims.

I'll post the movie poster instead as the whole film is full of CB's so not difficult to spot....




My favourite lines as featured in the trailer clip is :-

"You're looking at 2,000 Watts of pure radio power",
"1,996 of them are illegal",
"How can such a small mind have such a big antenna."


 

Things haven't changed much in nearly half a century then?!

maybe worth to mention series Snowpiercer mainly 3 & 4th season has few moments talking at radio but is not at cb band

I remember a few cb radio scenes in the American Pie films. I won't post up the videos as they are not family friendly. Very funny, though.

Here's an old tv programme with cb radio in it .
I remember watching this years ago 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zSakZ-JOoA