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:
(Close up from an SFM video for reference:)
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:
The station's original logo seen on the CS:GO model:
For those confused, I'm talking about these ones:
(Close up from an SFM video for reference:)
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:
The station's original logo seen on the CS:GO model:
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.