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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How do sound waves actually travel on the radio waves then turn back into sound once they reach where they’re going?
Thumbs up, that was great
This is great, now I can make a radio! 📻📻📻
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
Can you do a science live on psychology or biology Dr Billings?
Nice video
How can I get more information about the ventionering club ?
The story of the evolution of The Telegraph was cool.
awesome ;]
woo hoo dr J AND B
I tried to ask a question but it wouldn’t let me. Isn’t gama rays bad?
haha awsom r51
I love how radios changed over time !
omg r 51 is so goofy heeeehaaaaa
WOW!!!!!!
Now I wanna make a radio.
The metals clingy allowed sound to travel through?
Gonna go make my own radio now HaHa!
r51 is hilarious:)
i think what happend is that r51 is that r51 got confused between rodeo and radio because they sound almost the same
Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet are so entertaining!
The battery experiment was cool
I love the reoccuring theme of ponies in this episode !
Now I can make a radio in case of an apocalypse! 🧟📻☢️ Yippee!!
these are incredible
haha love this
thank you for explaining everything to where I can understand it
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
I have been to three rodeos in my fourteen years on this earth and all three were really cool. I love rodeos!
What an interesting video!
Tobias is so funny
Super interesting!
Super entertaining and fun to watch, I loved every second of it!
How far into outer space can a radio wave travel?
Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet seem like really cool and smart people.
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?
What about PM? (pulse modification)
Wow this episode was a really entertaining one!
I learned that radios can be really simple or really complicated!
Dr. Billings, you have a great radio voice!!
Wow this is so amazing to the point it literally blowed my mind
cool did not know that
Radio📻👍
Olivia’s message was good. It’s good that I do theater 🎭
I Loved this episode
Can you guys make a history live.
I always question when the radios where made
R-51 is so funny
I have always wondered what FM and AM meant.
Curious what stations I would get if we made a radio at home. Will have to try.
Interesting episode. Thanks!
I want to make a radio! Thank you for these great videos.
What a great video
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.
Love the morris code Christmas show.
This is cool.
Radios are so cool
I wonder what we would hear if we made a radio
This is so cool I would love to learn more about these things!
great video on how to make a radio!
Radios play all my favorite music.
What a simple technique that is really amazing!
Very informing!!!
It would be so cool to make my own radio!
Thank you for the hard work you guys put into teaching us in these lives.
wow
Fascinating idea on how newspapers was the radio a century ago.
It is cool how far radios have changed over the years and how much they have improved
I never would have thought that Dr. B would be on the radio back then. So Cool!
love this so much!
Did radios lead to the telephone?
Leo Sczuroski
RI
R-51 is Way too funny!! 🤣🤣😭😭
Radio is amazing ngl
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..
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.
Can you do a video on the jellyfish that never dies of old age?
Thank you for considering my time.
-Elena
Do radio waves travel through space?
So interesting
How do radios waves know where to travel?
I love listening to music so I am glad radios were made.
That was neat.
Are there any other types of radios?
I GOT MY GRANDADS OLD RADIO WITH THE ANTANAS ITS SO COOL AND GREAT LESSON TODAY
I always enjoy learning something new each Wednesday.
Why can Storm radios work when there is no electricity but regular radio stations and phones dont work?
I like radios.
radios really have changed over time
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!
Great episode! I loved the story of the first radio broadcast show by Reginald Fessenden.
The battery and wire were interesting, and r51 was good.
Great! Thanks!
I really liked this one!
This is awesome!
This was an awsome video I love how radios communicate through frequency
this video was good. always wondered how radios worked.
Thank goodness for radios haha!!
It’s really cool that you can make a mini radio out of wire, charcoal, etc.
how fast do these frequency waves go?
wow that was so cool
You did this on my birthday lol
I never knew how cool radios were!
I had no idea why they were called AM and FM. Never really stopped to think about it.
I listen to the radio alot
This was an awesome episode!
Great episode
Cool Information
this is a really cool video as someone who owns radios and such.
It’s a very important episode for me!
I like radio
I love everything and everything is so cool
I love everything. And everything is so cool.
What a humourous video! I loved it!
Interesting!
its interesting that the first radio discussion was a fail and that instead was used for music
Who named radio, radio
radios are amazing
That’s so cool I didn’t know this about radios
Love it!!!
Very interesting! Great topic!
Totally cool!
This is awesome!
Radios are cool
If they make any future radio models I wonder what they’ll look like
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!
I like this one! r51 mixed up Radios and Rodeos.
Radios are awesome Thank you for the amazing video!!!
I’m 100% making a raideo
that’s cool! now I know how a radio works.
The invention of the radio is so cool
How do we tune radios?
What makes a radio function
Love this episode.
Radios are amazing
wehave a crank radio
this is so interesting
very cool
WOW!
When the radio plays my favorite song…
Radio waves…
that’s so cool! i didn’t know all that about radios!!
i know a lot about radios from learning about ww2
cool how he was a radio announcer.
its pretty cool how he was a radio announcer