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* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', the conventions of the aircraft radio are played with by giving names to the flight crew that resemble common words used over the radio. The captain's last name is Over, the copilot's first name is Roger, and the navigator's first name is Victor. This leads to the captain saying, "what?" every time another crew member says "over" over[[note]]'''Captain Over:''' What?[[/note]] the radio, the copilot saying, "what" every time somebody says "Roger", and the navigator saying "what?" when asked to check a vector.

* The song [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song) "Convoy"]] and [[Film/{{Convoy}} the film it spawned]]. It also inspired several parodies/imitators.

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* {{Justified|Trope}} with the "cell phone" in ''Manga/DrStone'', since it's the ''only wireless communications system in the world''. Plus it was designed by [[TeenGenius Senku]], and both ends have an antenna in a high-up place to get enough range.

* ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit''

*** Channel 19 was a de-facto calling channel - Bandit-Snowman comms was on whatever channel they were operating on - but Bandit hailed Mr B's tanker on channel 19 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5je9wgnFhRcat 33 seconds in.]] It was common to maintain a listening watch on Ch19 (similar to marine units always listening on marine band ch16 (which is de jure, not de facto)).

* In the first ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' movie, the people of Perfection use a CB radio to warn the Gummers of impending Bad Things possibly coming their way. Actually justified in this case, since it's made clear that they can't reach anyone outside their valley with their [=CBs=], and it would make sense for everyone to use the same frequency.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''
** The "Codec" supposedly puts the sound straight into your earbones so only you hear the person talking to you (with ample opportunity for FridgeLogic, considering the speaker's own voice should still be very audible to their surroundings - this becomes particularly ridiculous in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', where characters standing barely two feet away from one another will decide to switch to nanocommunications for privacy). Plus, despite supposedly being an audio-only device, the HUD displays it almost like a videophone. On top of that, you have a number of people whose frequencies you have to find.
** The "speaker's own voice" issue could probably be HandWaved by invoking [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalization subvocalization]] -- methods of turning it into audible speech have appeared in science fiction at least as far back as ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel''.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' DOES make it clear that switching to nano-communication involves lip-movement only, what they say is inaudible to observers, as demonstrated by Ocelot's surveillance of Raiden and Ames.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'''s radio was essentially the same as the above Codec, though it also worked around the "speaker's own voice" issue by having Snake communicating back to MissionControl via a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat_microphone throat mike.]]
* ''{{VideoGame/Penumbra}} Overture'' does this with Red, who simply buzzes in and doesn't use any form of radio lingo or protocol while talking to you. Justified in that the guy's batshit insane by now and given that Philip never vocally says a word to him, Red isn't even exactly sure you're there sometimes, or so he says.

* In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "lunch special", Strong Bad and The Cheat are shown using ancient, 1940s-era walkie-talkies (as befits Strong Bad's DiscoDan traits when it comes to technology).

* {{Justified}} with the "cell phone" in ''Manga/DrStone'', since it's the ''only wireless communications system in the world''. Plus it was designed by [[TeenGenius Senku]], and both ends have an antenna in a high-up place to get enough range.

-->-- '''''Film/{{Convoy}}''''', [=C.W. McCall=]

* A set of regional commercials for Old Home Bread during the 70s featured C. W. [=McCall=] as a truck driver of the same name who regularly stops at the Old Home Fill Er Up and Keep on Truckin Cafe, where he makes sure to have some Old Home Bread with his meal and flirt with Mavis the waitress. These commercials would tell stories about [=McCall=] and Mavis, and since he was a trucker, and this was the C.B. radio boom, the stories would often involve [=McCall's=] CB radio. [=McCall=] would later have a top 40 radio hit with the song "Convoy", which tells a similar story, though without the bread commercial. And that would later be turned into a [[Film/{{Convoy}} film]].

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Anybody who has used a UsefulNotes/TwoWayRadio, or even a walkie talkie[[note]]old-school walkie-talkies ''are'' CB radios, but generally low-power and limited to a single frequency, most often CB channel 14[[/note]], knows that there are certain rules. You need to wait until the other person is finished talking (thus the reason for the [[WalkieTalkieGagOver oft-lampooned "Over"]]). There are range limits. Two people talking at once sounds like garbage. While there are plenty of frequencies[[note]]originally 23, later expanded to 40 and complicated by "sidebands"[[/note]], and you need to coordinate which one you'll be on, other people use them too. Sometimes people aren't sitting right next to the radio, or don't have it turned on, so they won't reply immediately.

Named for the most common culprit, the Citizens' Band (CB) radio. This appears to be entering ForgottenTrope territory with the advent of smartphones and the Internet - in particular, Website/{{Twitter}} has been touted as the [[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351932,00.asp spiritual successor to CB]].

*** Channel 19 was a de-facto calling channel - Bandit-Snowman comms was on whatever channel they were operating on - but Bandit hailed Mr B's tanker on channel 19 at 33 seconds in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5je9wgnFhRc It was common to maintain a listening watch on Ch19 (similar to marine units always listening on marine band ch16 (which is de jure, not de facto)).

* The song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song) Convoy]]" and [[Film/{{Convoy}} the film it spawned]]. It also inspired several parodies/imitators.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'''s radio was essentially the same as the above Codec, though it also worked around the "speaker's own voice" issue by having Snake communicating back to MissionControl via a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat_microphone throat mike]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', when Bernard talks to Orville via CB, the communication happens without him pressing any call button.