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It also fits with a series of arrests across
the United States back in 2010. The FBI
announced that it had broken up a “long
term, deep cover” network of Russian
agents, who were said to have received
their instructions via coded messages on

shortwave radio – specifically 7887 kHz.

Now North Korea are getting in on the
ocean, you’re left with a wave like the lights, and equipment malfunctions. The
act, too. On 14 April 2017, the
broadcaster at Radio Pyongyang began: jagged silhouette of an ECG. building where the station is located is
rumored to have a haunted past.
“I’m giving review works in elementary
This isn’t the Buzzer. Instead, many
information technology lessons of the
believe that the station is a hybrid of two CJSE-FM (Radio Beauséjour) -
remote education university for No 27
things. The constant drone is just a Shediac, New Brunswick: Staff
expedition agents.” This ill-concealed
military message was followed by a marker, saying “this frequency is mine, members at Radio Beauséjour have
this frequency is mine…” to stop people claimed to hear disembodied voices,
series of page numbers – No 69 on page
from using it. footsteps, and unexplained noises in the
823, page 957 – which look a lot like
building during overnight shifts. Some
code.
It only becomes a numbers station in believe the ghost of a former employee

It may come as a surprise that numbers moments of crisis, such as if Russia were may be responsible for the eerie
invaded. Then it would function as a way occurrences.
stations are still in use – but they hold one
to instruct their worldwide spy network
major advantage. Though it’s possible to
and military forces on standby in remote CKWV-FM (The Wave) -
guess who is broadcasting, anyone can
areas. After all, this is a country around Peterborough, Ontario: Reports of
listen to the messages – so you don’t
know who they are being sent to. Mobile 70 times the size of the UK. paranormal activity, such as objects
moving on their own, doors opening and
phones and the internet may be quicker,
It seems they’re already been practicing. closing inexplicably, and a feeling of
but open a text or email from a known
“In 2013 they issued a special message, being watched, have been described by
intelligence agency and you could be
‘COMMAND 135 ISSUED’ that was staff members at this radio station.
rumbled.
said to be test message for full combat
readiness,” says Māris Goldmanis, a CKDX-FM (88.5 The Jewel) -
It’s a compelling idea: the Buzzer has
radio enthusiast who listens to the station Newmarket, Ontario: Employees at The
been hiding in plain sight, instructing a
from his home in the Baltic states. Jewel have reported strange sounds,
network of illicit Russian spies all over
equipment malfunctioning without
the world. There’s just one problem. The
Buzzer never broadcasts any numbered The mystery of the Russian radio may explanation, and a general sense of
have been solved. But if its fans are right, unease in certain areas of the station's
messages.
let’s just hope that drone never stops. [] building, leading to speculation about a
haunted presence.
This doesn’t strictly matter, since one-
time pads can be used to translate HAUNTED RADIO
CKTB-AM (NewTalk 610) - St.
anything – from code words to garbled STATIONS IN CANADA
speech. “If this phone call was encrypted Catharines, Ontario: The former station
where The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show with
you’d hear “…enejekdhejenw…’ but
While there may not be a definitive list of Rob McConnell was said to have guests
then it would come out the other side
haunted radio stations in Canada, there and station employees see the ghosts of
sounding like normal speech,” says
have been reports and stories of days goen by.
Stupples. But this would leave traces in
paranormal activity in certain radio
the signal.
stations across the country. Here are a While these stories may be based on
few radio stations that have gained a folklore, urban legends, or personal
To send information over the radio,
reputation for being haunted: experiences, they contribute to the
essentially all you’re doing is varying the
height or spacing of the waves being mystique surrounding the paranormal and
CKQB-FM (Jump! 106.9) - Ottawa, haunted radio stations in Canada. Each
transmitted. For example, two low waves
Ontario: Employees at this radio station radio station has its own unique history
in a row means x, or three waves closer
have reported strange occurrences, and character, which may play a role in
together means y. When a signal is
including unexplained voices heard the eerie occurrences reported by
carrying information, instead of neat,
through studio equipment, flickering employees and visitors.[]
evenly spaced waves like ripples on the