Radios Changed the World
November 20, 2024 • EPISODE 240
What’s the difference between AM and FM? Who invented the first radio, and what was featured on the very first radio broadcast? Join Roger Billings on Science LIVE as he delves into the fascinating history of radio and uncovers the science behind frequencies and radio waves.
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my grandma still uses radios
I love radios i want one and they are so cool and the evolution of radios are so cool.
My grandpa has so many old radios!
Amazing! I have an old radio at my house! Love old radios and r – 51.
I love radios.
Thank you for the videos!
Radios are awesome
The evolution of radios is so interesting!
never stopped listening to the radio!
Whenever my dad and I venture out for a hike in the hills, we always bring along a radio in case of an emergency.
this is so cool!
love old radios!
i like listening to the radio
Loved learning about radios and that magnet was cool!
i use a radio in the car.
I like radios especially older models.
I love R-51!
❤🫰🏼🌹
Human discoveries about sound waves and how to make radio happen are amazing!
I use my radio so much every day! This was such a cool episode!!
It’s crazy how one invention can change the world
Radios have so many different uses!
I didn’t know radios where so awesome.
Radios are and were always so helpful.
i love radios because they play music haha! 😀
It’s crazy to see how much the world has evolved!
The difference of AM and FM now makes sense !
I didn’t know how cool radios were.
Radios are so cool
I didn’t realize how important radios were in the past.
The razor radio is cool.
was Thomas Edisson only known from the lightbulb?
i love radios!!
I never knew how we made radio waves it was pretty cool learning how that works.
Wow I really loved learning about the process of the radio turning into what it is now,
I now know why we have AM and FM
Radios are cool
I never knew what FM and AM was and the difference, now I do!! Thank you!
I had no idea radios are this importent. I just thought it was just an old thing at my grandmas house.
now I understand why there is a FM and an AM
I love music!
I learned that a voice broadcast over the radio travels at 700 miles per hour.
radios are so cool
It was so interesting to learn how the frequency works for the radio.
We didn’t know what AM and FM are before. We were only used to the streaming concept. This was very helpful.
R51💕
i’ve always been interested in radios and how they work.
I love r51 and science live
This episode was really cool, I learned a lot about radios. I never knew the difference between AM and FM before.
I never knew radios had so many uses!
Radios were the only thing that could let people learn the news in 1960
I didn’t know radios had this much of an impact.
My daddy does HAM radio and I talk with him on it
I love to use radio to listen to music
Omg that’s so cool
We listen to the radio in our car every day and I never thought about how it was created until now.
I didn’t know that radios have waves like light. It’s so cool to know how they work.
When was the very first radio made.
Radio’s are so 😎 🤟📻
Radios are in like every car but they are so technical to make the story behind the radio crazy I can’t even begin to say how much of a journey the radio has and how much the radio has evolved there are so many jobs because of the radio that was made.
It is crazy how much of a change the radio has brought to the world.
So crazy we don’t use radios as much as we used to!
I had no clue radios can do that much.
Radios are so important and amazing
Who knew radios had so many uses!
Cool to see how frequency works with radios.
Radios are cool, I didn’t know you could even be on the radio, I thought it was music only!
radios are so interesting!
how did he know changing the length of the sound waves would make the sound
Radios are so cool
Being on a radio is really cool, I’m glad it helped your speech impediment and I’m glad your here speaking today.
Super cool I think it is very interesting to learn about radios
Radios are Awesome!
We use radios at my dad’s mill. Communication with radio is cool
This episode was very enlightening, I really enjoyed learning about the different ways people can make radios!
Radios are so beneficial for the world. they make things a lot simpler.
When was the very first radio invented?
This lesson was really cool. I liked learning about old radios!
I love music im so grateful for radios!
The difference between Am and FM radios is AM varies the strength of the radio wave. FM varies the frequency of the radio wave.
Radios can do so much
it was cool learning about radios i love music!
Those old radios are cool.
This was a cool lesson. I like to repair old radios in my spare time.
I love the radio!!
I like how the Ventioneering club taught us how to make a homopolar motor.
what radio did you have on the desk
radios are awesome!!
I learned that radio’s give off high and low frequencies.
awesome
I watched this last night and I forgot to leave a comment but I really like Learning about how radios changed the world.
great video
they are so funny
they always manage to make me laugh
The battery motor that the Ventioneers did was amazing!
My favorite part was the guy from Area 51. His voice was funny.
I love it very much
Learning about radios was so cool.
Sound waves are so interesting! I love this episode!
maybe one day i can make a cool radio for my car!!
What are the effects of radio waves on the human body can they even make contact with a human?
This was an awesome episode! Thanks for sharing your secrets Dr B. haha
Wow, this episode was so cool the story about the person that made the wireless radio is very interesting.
I never knew that people used toilet paper rolls and wires to make radios.
It is so crazy that you can make a battery motor out of a battery and some magnets and a copper wire. Can’t wait to try it!
its pretty cool how he was a radio announcer
cool how he was a radio announcer.
i know a lot about radios from learning about ww2
that’s so cool! i didn’t know all that about radios!!
Radio waves…
When the radio plays my favorite song…
WOW!
very cool
this is so interesting
wehave a crank radio
Radios are amazing
Love this episode.
What makes a radio function
How do we tune radios?
The invention of the radio is so cool
that’s cool! now I know how a radio works.
I’m 100% making a raideo
Radios are awesome Thank you for the amazing video!!!
I like this one! r51 mixed up Radios and Rodeos.
I have an alarm clock with a built in radio you can also adjust the antenna and listen to a bunch of different radios stations! So I think that now that I have an in depth explination of how it works is neat!
If they make any future radio models I wonder what they’ll look like
Radios are cool
This is awesome!
Totally cool!
Very interesting! Great topic!
Love it!!!
That’s so cool I didn’t know this about radios
radios are amazing
Who named radio, radio
its interesting that the first radio discussion was a fail and that instead was used for music
Interesting!
What a humourous video! I loved it!
I love everything. And everything is so cool.
I love everything and everything is so cool
I like radio
It’s a very important episode for me!
this is a really cool video as someone who owns radios and such.
Cool Information
Great episode
This was an awesome episode!
I listen to the radio alot
I had no idea why they were called AM and FM. Never really stopped to think about it.
I never knew how cool radios were!
You did this on my birthday lol
wow that was so cool
how fast do these frequency waves go?
It’s really cool that you can make a mini radio out of wire, charcoal, etc.
Thank goodness for radios haha!!
this video was good. always wondered how radios worked.
This was an awsome video I love how radios communicate through frequency
This is awesome!
I really liked this one!
Great! Thanks!
The battery and wire were interesting, and r51 was good.
Great episode! I loved the story of the first radio broadcast show by Reginald Fessenden.
this story about how the radio was started is awesome. it is really cool that someone thought about making sound go from one place to another and figured out how to actually make it happen!
radios really have changed over time
I like radios.
Why can Storm radios work when there is no electricity but regular radio stations and phones dont work?
I always enjoy learning something new each Wednesday.
I GOT MY GRANDADS OLD RADIO WITH THE ANTANAS ITS SO COOL AND GREAT LESSON TODAY
Are there any other types of radios?
That was neat.
How do radios waves know where to travel?
I love listening to music so I am glad radios were made.
So interesting
Do radio waves travel through space?
Can you do a video on the jellyfish that never dies of old age?
Thank you for considering my time.
-Elena
Now I’m going to go around anyone who challenges me on the radio and they say something wrong I’m going to say nope that’s wrong Science Live said…. Thanks Everyone At Science Live keep up the good work.
Russell Mattsson. my mom is a paranormal investigator they use radio in fast sweeps forward and backwards to try and see if they can get communication..
Radio is amazing ngl
R-51 is Way too funny!! 🤣🤣😭😭
Did radios lead to the telephone?
Leo Sczuroski
RI
love this so much!
I never would have thought that Dr. B would be on the radio back then. So Cool!
It is cool how far radios have changed over the years and how much they have improved
Fascinating idea on how newspapers was the radio a century ago.
wow
Thank you for the hard work you guys put into teaching us in these lives.
It would be so cool to make my own radio!
Very informing!!!
What a simple technique that is really amazing!
Radios play all my favorite music.
great video on how to make a radio!
This is so cool I would love to learn more about these things!
I wonder what we would hear if we made a radio
Radios are so cool
This is cool.
Love the morris code Christmas show.
It would be so cool to make a radio. I was curious about what AM radio was for. It’s always fuzzy when I turn it on the station.
What a great video
I want to make a radio! Thank you for these great videos.
Curious what stations I would get if we made a radio at home. Will have to try.
Interesting episode. Thanks!
I have always wondered what FM and AM meant.
R-51 is so funny
I always question when the radios where made
Can you guys make a history live.
I Loved this episode
Olivia’s message was good. It’s good that I do theater 🎭
Radio📻👍
cool did not know that
Wow this is so amazing to the point it literally blowed my mind
Dr. Billings, you have a great radio voice!!
I learned that radios can be really simple or really complicated!
Wow this episode was a really entertaining one!
What about PM? (pulse modification)
I really appreciate the work that yall do. There are many things that I wonder how they work, for exmaple, airplanes. But radios have always been one of them. Thank you for teaching us. One last thing, where cam I learn about the club was mentioned?
Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet seem like really cool and smart people.
How far into outer space can a radio wave travel?
Super entertaining and fun to watch, I loved every second of it!
Super interesting!
Tobias is so funny
What an interesting video!
I have been to three rodeos in my fourteen years on this earth and all three were really cool. I love rodeos!
As a current competitive dancer, what Olivia said is all very true! With any sport or art form you do, it’s so important to be consistent with rehearsals and making sure you are prepared for what is to come. With that being said, yes, studying is just as important, if anything its more important!
The Razor Blade Radio is so crazy, I would never thought it was a radio
thank you for explaining everything to where I can understand it
haha love this
these are incredible
Now I can make a radio in case of an apocalypse! 🧟📻☢️ Yippee!!
I love the reoccuring theme of ponies in this episode !
The battery experiment was cool
Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet are so entertaining!
i think what happend is that r51 is that r51 got confused between rodeo and radio because they sound almost the same
r51 is hilarious:)
Gonna go make my own radio now HaHa!
The metals clingy allowed sound to travel through?
Now I wanna make a radio.
WOW!!!!!!
omg r 51 is so goofy heeeehaaaaa
I love how radios changed over time !
haha awsom r51
I tried to ask a question but it wouldn’t let me. Isn’t gama rays bad?
woo hoo dr J AND B
awesome ;]
The story of the evolution of The Telegraph was cool.
How can I get more information about the ventionering club ?
Nice video
Can you do a science live on psychology or biology Dr Billings?
How come r51 got confused with radio and rodeo so funny 😂😆😄 here’s this pony pony and this pony pony ha ha ha ha ha ha
This is great, now I can make a radio! 📻📻📻
Thumbs up, that was great
How do sound waves actually travel on the radio waves then turn back into sound once they reach where they’re going?