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TIL Radio and TV broadcast stations in the US can choose their own callsign, but must begin with “K” for West of the Mississippi River, and “W” for East of it. A relic from when US had call letters for ships operating in the Pacific vs Atlantic coasts, but the reasoning for those letters is unknown.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 7:13 pm

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TIL people downloaded computer games over the radio in the 80s

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 11:46 am

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TIL that due to the fleet maintaining radio silence, the first news back to the UK regarding the D-Day invasion of Normandy arrived via carrier pigeon. The pigeon, Gustav, flew 150 miles against 50 mph headwinds in 5 hours 16 minutes to deliver the news.

by whatilearned June 6, 2022, 12:30 pm

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TIL Scientists at the Parkes radio telescope in Australia spent 17 years trying to identify powerful but extremely short radio bursts that would appear at seemingly random intervals. In 2015 they finally identified the cause: a microwave oven at the facility being opened prematurely.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 4:06 pm

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TIL Casey Kasem, famous radio host and original voice of Shaggy from “Scooby Doo! Where Are You!”, wanted to be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Instead, his wife had him interred in an unmarked grave at Oslo Western Civil Cemetery in Oslo, Norway.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 5:59 am

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TIL about “Aunt Sammy,” Uncle Sam’s wife. Created in the 1920s by the US Dept of Agriculture as a radio show for farm wives, she would “gossip” about social activities & gardening, answer questions, and provide recipes. Local women voiced Aunt Sammy so their accents matched the broadcast areas.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 2:55 pm

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People that blast your car radio while you get out of the car and go inside the gas station, what are some more unique ways to express your disrespect towards others?

by QuestionGuy May 12, 2022, 9:48 pm

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TIL most US commercial radio stations east of the Mississippi river start with the letter ‘W’ and west start with the letter ‘K’. By law, these call signs must be announced at every top of the hour.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 7:04 pm

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TIL that Japan introduced radio exercise programs to the public as a way to celebrate Emperor Hirohito’s coronation in 1928. The idea was inspired by the radio exercise program produced by an American insurance company in the 1920s.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 1:39 am

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TIL that British broadcaster Thomas Woodrooffe was taken off-air midway through a program on national radio for being intoxicated and incoherent.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 1:11 pm

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A very poor old woman with a small family called a radio station asking for help from God.

by cringeyjokesman May 7, 2022, 9:16 pm

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TIL that Simon and Garfunkel’s first single, released in 1957, gained popularity after their manager Sid Prosen bribed DJ Alan Freed to play the song on his radio show. The song, Hey Schoolgirl, gained popularity from this and reached #49 in the charts

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 9:55 pm

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