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I'll Have a Medium Please- Episode 5 - Radio!

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Radio, currently a synonym for "electromagnetic radiation", actually first came into use before Heinrich Hertz's proof of the existence of radio waves.

Originally "radio" was a general prefix meaning "radiant" or "radiation" -- hence "radio-activity" for the alpha, beta, and gamma rays emitted by decaying atoms. In Europe, some of the persons investigating Hertz's discovery began to employ the "radio-" prefix to describe the new phenomenon.   

Join Young Media Criics on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 5 p.m. for "I Have a Medium, Please" Episode 5 - Radio 

 

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