Simply put, numbers stations are shortwave radio stations that broadcast long strings of numbers, usually read by a synthesized voice.

Disgraced CIA operative Emerson Kent (John Cusack) is sent to a numbers station in England to guard Katherine (Malin Åkerman), who is one of the operators.

Basic Trope: A short-wave radio station that plays sequences of numbers, letters, or other sound bytes with bursts of data meant for spies or government ...

... station in GTA IV is a disguised numbers station. One that transfers numerical codes, intelligently obscuring government codes through ambient music. The ...

A system where arriving visitors take a numbered ticket from a dispenser to determine the order they will be served in.

In a fantasy world whose arc number is 12, there might be 12 deadly sins, 12 levels of hell, and an ice cream chain that sells 12 flavors at a time.

2 нояб. 2017 г. · Many numbers stations have, as I mentioned earlier, music that I would liken it to TV Tropes' Ominous Music Box Tune effect. Something about ...

As a serial broadcast medium, radio shares many tropes with television. Indeed, early radio originated many of these tropes.

A numbers station is a shortwave radio station characterized by broadcasts of formatted numbers, which are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers Lincolnshire Poacher · Yosemite Sam (shortwave) · The Conet Project · About Не найдено: tropes | Нужно включить: tropes

The call letters of a television or radio station can sometimes spell out funny names, often beginning with either "W" or "K".