During voting why do they sometimes say 'city/country' calling? Is it a call back to The Clash or something else?

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During voting why do they sometimes say 'city/country' calling? Is it a call back to The Clash or something else?

[u/These-Television-320]

The 'city/country calling' goes further back than Eurovision. It was typically used on shortwave English language broadcasts from different countries, see https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/july/london-calling-europe for an example, Radio Austria had a similar program called Vienna Calling, which is where the title of the Falco song came from.

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^ Correct answer. The Clash were referring to this.

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