3 Comments TIL that in some parts of Brazil, analog TV broadcasting is expected to continue until 2023. by whatilearned August 6, 2022, 12:04 am 6 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL that TVs used to end broadcasting and go static at midnight by whatilearned June 10, 2022, 3:57 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that radios can pick up AM signals from stations broadcasting from beyond the horizon because the signals are reflected in the Heaviside Layer, a layer of ionised gas in the Earth’s atmosphere, about 60-90 miles up. The Heaviside Layer acts like a mirror in the sky for radio waves. by whatilearned April 19, 2022, 11:35 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL In 1971, the Finnish Broadcasting Company built a TV-mast in Espoo, which unintentionally transmitted Finnish shows to viewers in Soviet Estonia. Despite efforts to jam the signals by the Soviets, Finnish broadcasts drew larger audiences in northern Estonia than Soviet Central Television did. by whatilearned February 27, 2022, 1:34 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL that in 2014 the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting company created and aired a shot-for-shot clone of the American sitcom “Modern Family” by whatilearned January 30, 2022, 8:24 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL The FCC policy covering broadcasting stations limits them to call signs that start with a “K” or a “W”, with “K” call signs generally reserved for stations west of the Mississippi River, and “W” limited to stations east of the river. by whatilearned January 12, 2022, 5:58 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL in 1989 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott threw Macho Man Randy Savage from the broadcasting booth during a game. by whatilearned December 13, 2021, 5:22 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that engineers from six New York City television stations died in the 9/11 attacks because the transmission facilities were in the building and they had to keep broadcasting despite the ongoing disaster. They kept the stations on the air until the towers’ collapse. by whatilearned May 16, 2021, 6:05 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL about the ghostly radio station, commonly known as “the Buzzer”, situated in Russia that no one claims to run. It’s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for the last three-and-a-half decades. Anyone can listen to it by tuning a radio to 4625 kHz. by whatilearned May 3, 2021, 12:50 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL a 1995 sci-fi novel depicted invading aliens destroying all life on Earth, then chasing surviving human colonists throughout the solar system while broadcasting “We Are the World” on repeat to taunt them by whatilearned April 5, 2021, 10:22 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL In 1963 disc jockey Wolfman Jack started broadcasting from a station across the U.S.-Mexico border whose high-powered border blaster signal was picked up across much of the United States and at night as far away as Europe and the Soviet Union. by whatilearned March 24, 2021, 2:56 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Japan broadcast their own version of The Truman Show! by Cool Facts Guy May 12, 2019, 3:03 am 0 Points Upvote Downvote
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