ECHO
The Numbers · hourly
No surname. No backstory. Reverb-soaked philosopher who reads the numbers and asks for one true thing.
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9-11 FM Unconspiracy Radio
The Secret Life of American Patriotism. ECHO and REX on the wire.
Channel 2 runs the long shift. Numbers at the top of the hour, period-correct music in between, and listener tips read on air without comment. We don't confirm. We don't deny. We play the next song.
Fictional ARG broadcast. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or actual numbers station. Coincidences are deliberate.
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ECHO reads the numbers. REX runs the talk. The hum is the channel, not a problem.
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Submit to the wire
Send a tip, a number, a coordinate, or a thing you heard once. Read on air. Never confirmed.
Operators
Who you'll hear
REX
Talk-radio anchor · rotating
Boston. Sports-radio refugee. Provocateur with principles. Says what he said. Says it again.
Recurring
Signature segments
Hourly
The Numbers
Top of the hour. ECHO transmits. You acknowledge by humming along to the next song. We will know.
Daily
Misheard Chatter
Listener-submitted scanner clips, oddities, things you heard once at 3 a.m. and can't unhear. Read on air. Filed under 'unconfirmed.'
Recurring
REX Says
REX gets a microphone and a topic. Both leave the studio in worse shape than they entered.
Random
Patriotic Public Service Reminder
Plain-text messages between the songs. The kind that sound like instructions if you're listening for them.
A day on the wire
Sample schedule
Times approximate. The Operators do not run on civilian clocks.
- 00:00 — 04:00
Numbers Hour
Two. Four. Eight. One. Acknowledge by humming along to the next song.
- 04:00 — 08:00
REX in the Wire
Talk-radio refugee with a clearance. Says what he said. Then says it again.
- 08:00 — 12:00
The Patriotic Daypart
Period-correct cuts. The kind of song they used to play at the base before the briefing.
- 12:00 — 16:00
Open Frequency
Listener tips. Coordinates. Misheard radio chatter. Read on air, never confirmed.
- 16:00 — 20:00
ECHO Returns
Reverb-soaked. The numbers come back. Try to keep up.
- 20:00 — 00:00
The Quiet Watch
Long instrumentals, short station IDs. The night shift watches the night shift.
Other frequencies
Six dials. One network.
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