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* Dialed UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''

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** Most likely operating on 19...

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* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': In "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E6Condemned Condemned]]", Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk have a lengthy conversation over two-way police radios (Matt is using the radio taken off a police officer he overpowered, and Fisk is using a police radio supplied by James Wesley. Fisk also has the corrupt cops in his pocket clear a channel (under the pretense of the channel needing to be used for the ESU team) explicitly so he can converse with Matt without interruptions. These are call-and-response radios, but neither Matt nor Fisk are ever shown or heard actuating the call buttons. They speak as if they are talking on cell phones.

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

* In the ''Series/Daredevil2015'' episode "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E6Condemned Condemned]]", Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk have a lengthy conversation over two-way police radios (Matt is using the radio taken off a police officer he overpowered, and Fisk is using a radio supplied by Wesley; Fisk also has the corrupt cops in his pocket clear a channel explicitly so he can converse with Matt without interruptions). These are call-and-response radios, but neither Matt nor Fisk are ever shown or heard actuating the call buttons. They speak as if they are talking on cell phones.

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 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.

*** Channel 19 was a de-facto calling channel - Bandie-Snowman comms was on whatever channel they were operatng 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 ch16 (which is de jure, not de facto).

*** Channel 19 was a de-facto calling channel - Bandie-Snowman comms was on whatever channel they were operatng on - but BAndit hailed Mr B's tanker on channel 19 at 33 seconds in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5je9wgnFhRc

* In 'Film/{{Frequency}}'', John and Frank can communicate via their ham radios without keying the microphone to speak. This is handwaved by the radios being magically connected via the [[SpaceIsMagic Aurora Borealis]]. This "easy talk" setup is necessary to ensure that the climactic fight scenes in the room can unfold without losing the radios connection.

* In Series/HogansHeroes The prisoners of Stalag 13 take advantage of a one-way version of this--when their plot involves "leaking" information to Klink and Schultz, they sometimes wire up the bug in the lamp and [[BluffTheEavesdropper talk amongst themselves while letting the information "slip"]] (sometimes complete with badly written scripts). When they do this, Klink and Schultz are ''always'' sitting right next to the radio receiver, listening intently. Hogan refers to this as "calling room service".

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

Anybody who has used a [[UsefulNotes/TwoWayRadio two-way radio]], 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 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.

** 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/{{The Caves of Steel}}''.

* The song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song) Convoy]]" and [[Film/{{Convoy}} the film it spawned]]. It inspired several parodies/imitators. One was called "Yovnoc". "CB Savage" (by Rod Hart) was about two truckers who hear a CampGay on their radio, and by the end of the song they find it was a Smokey disguising his voice to catch them speeding. "Colorado Call" (Shad O'Shea & The 18 Wheelers) was about truckers hearing a sexy female voice on CB inviting them to visit her. We're led to assume she's involved in TheOldestProfession, but it turns out she was just a waitress advertising a diner.

* The song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song) Convoy]]" and [[Film/{{Convoy}} the film it spawned]]. It spawned several parodies/imitators. One was called "Yovnoc". "CB Savage" (by Rod Hart) was about two truckers who hear a CampGay on their radio, and by the end of the song they find it was a Smokey disguising his voice to catch them speeding. "Colorado Call" (Shad O'Shea & The 18 Wheelers) was about truckers hearing a sexy female voice on the radio inviting them to visit her. We're led to assume she's involved in TheOldestProfession, but it turns out she was just a waitress advertising a diner.

* The song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_(song) Convoy]]" and [[Film/{{Convoy}} the film it spawned]]. Two parody songs, "CB Savage" and "Yovnoc," also came out around that time. "CB Savage" (by Rod Hart) was about two truckers who hear a CampGay on their radio, and by the end of the song they find it was a Smokey disguising his voice to catch them speeding.

Anybody who has used a [[UsefulNotes/TwoWayRadio two-way radio]], or even a walkie talkie, knows that there are certain rules. You need to wait until the other person is finished talking (thus the reason for the oft-lampooned "Over"). There are range limits. Two people talking at once sounds like garbage. While there are plenty of frequencies, 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.

* Your radio in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' is automatically tuned to Atlas' radio frequency the second you pick it up, and other people (Like Sander Cohen or Andrew Ryan) can easily tune in, jam your connection and talk to you.