"Frequency"

[WD8BIL]

Since 99.9% of movie goers don't give a rats ... about what radio or antenna is used in the filming, who do you think the "professional movie makers" are gonna be concerned with?

[K4NYW]

This is an interesting looking radio - the front panel control markings are all quite reasonable for a communications receiver - xtal filter, phasing, BFO, selectivity, etc.
I grabbed some closeup shots and posted them at
http://www.virhistory.com/ham/freq/

Just a Hollywood prop I suppose but someone obviously looked at a Real Receiver when building it.
Part of the dial looks like an RLC bridge with the 0.0005, 0.05, 5.0 marking and another part looks like HF broadcast band markings with Exotic Foreign Cities listed. Whatever - someone had fun and it is a long ways from the worst of Hollywood technology.....

The 5 minute promo video is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL8Rl2n2C6Y

[WA2SQQ]

So when does this new series start? On what network?

[Pete, WA2CWA]

So when does this new series start? On what network?

http://www.cwtv.com/shows/frequency/

[WA2SQQ]

So I watched the first show (Wed @ 9pm Eastern). It looks like it could get interesting, but the plot is difficult to follow since the main character uses the radio to change history, thereby changing her life. The station's call letters (as I recall) were WQ2YJ but in one scene I could swear they used W2QYJ.

Looks like the station antenna is some sort of UHF TV antenna. I'd guess they didn't have any hams on the staff.

It's on the same time as Ham Nation is, so you might want to DVR it.

[W9ZSL]

Didn't they use real gear in the movie?  It may have been a Heathkit HW-100 or 101.

[WA2SQQ]

I think so

[Pete, WA2CWA]

In the original movie, they used a SB-300 or SB-301 receiver as the "transceiver". As a prop, they can use whatever they have on hand.