09-17-2017, 03:22 PM
The radios that can be found across several maps in Counter Strike: Global Offensive actually have an obscure origin.
For those confused, I'm talking about these ones:
![[Image: 8X5Tx7l.png]](https://i.imgur.com/8X5Tx7l.png)
(Close up from an SFM video for reference:)
![[Image: 1rLKqf0.png]](https://i.imgur.com/1rLKqf0.png)
What these models appear to based are the real-life "His Kids Radio", a radio distributed by the Chicago-based Christian organization known as the Moody Bible Institute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerston...Kids_Radio
These units allowed access to only two stations: The children's "His Kids Radio" that played mostly Christian pop songs and audio dramas and the regular WMBI station owned by Moody.
A standard unit:
![[Image: ov6Su0Q.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/ov6Su0Q.jpg)
The station's original logo seen on the CS:GO model:
![[Image: V8uZ95K.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/V8uZ95K.jpg)
For those confused, I'm talking about these ones:
![[Image: 8X5Tx7l.png]](https://i.imgur.com/8X5Tx7l.png)
(Close up from an SFM video for reference:)
![[Image: 1rLKqf0.png]](https://i.imgur.com/1rLKqf0.png)
What these models appear to based are the real-life "His Kids Radio", a radio distributed by the Chicago-based Christian organization known as the Moody Bible Institute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerston...Kids_Radio
These units allowed access to only two stations: The children's "His Kids Radio" that played mostly Christian pop songs and audio dramas and the regular WMBI station owned by Moody.
A standard unit:
![[Image: ov6Su0Q.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/ov6Su0Q.jpg)
The station's original logo seen on the CS:GO model:
![[Image: V8uZ95K.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/V8uZ95K.jpg)
My grandfather works at the aforementioned radio station so I grew up with one of these things which is the only reason I recognized it. The specific unit seen in CS was not distributed outside of Chicago, so how the hell it ended up in Counter Strike is beyond me.