Not a Ham radio guy myself, but there's a Pinback song called "Boo" with the lyrics "2X2L calling CQ, 2X2L calling CQ New York. Is there anyone on the air?". It's awesome.
"2X2L calling CQ New York. Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there anyone ... ?" So ended the first half of Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, ...