Transmissions
Pilot Part 2

WXO Radio

 

Sayid tried to fix the Tailies radio and rigs it up on a pole to try it out.  Hurley is excited to hear some static and then something comes in very clear.  It's a radio station playing an oldie from the Glen Miller Orchester...Moonlight Serenade......

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  SAYID: I want to show you something. HURLEY: Cool, you fixed it. SAYID: We'll see. [handing Hurley the radio] Hold on to this. Don't expect anything. The chances of getting a signal are slim at best. [Sayid plants the pole in the sand and turns on the radio. We hear static.] HURLEY: Static's good, right? SAYID: No, reception is good. [Sayid changes the dial and we hear Danielle's transmission.] HURLEY: Wait, what's that?! SAYID: It's Rousseau's signal. HURLEY: Oh, crap. SAYID [changing the dial]: But this radio has a wider bandwidth. HURLEY: Hold it, stop! Do you hear that! RADIO [with spotty reception]: That was the... Duke Ellington... orchestra featuring... up next on WXO, the Glen Miller Orchestra with Moonlight Serenade. [The song begins to play with good reception.] HURLEY: Whoa, you hear how clear that is? It's got to be close, right? SAYID: Radio waves at this frequency bounce off the ionosphere. They can travel thousands of miles. It could be coming from anywhere. HURLEY: Or, anytime. Just kidding, dude.