Fake News in the Radio Age | Between 2 Wars | 1926 Part 1 of 3

Modernization caused a communication revolution in the 1920's with the mass adaptation of the Radio, with all sorts concequences for the entertainment industry as well as the political game.
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[@TimeGhost]

Can you hear me, mother? While we might get our (fake) news and entertainment from KZbin nowadays, in the 1920's that was radio. It's hard to imagine how hugely influential this new mass medium was. This episode shows how this was quickly incorporated in propaganda machineries all over the world. New strategies emerged and those who addapted succeeded. We love to do these Between Two Wars episode as they give us the chance to go in depth in the topics that paved the way for World War Two. This episode is no exception. We can only make these episodes because of our loyal supporters on Timeghost and timeghost.tv. Please do concider supporting us too! Cheers, Joram *PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT:* *RULES OF CONDUCT* STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban.

[@scoringbox2176]

TimeGhost History good to see regular uploads again! By the way, are you guys planning on doing part 2 for 1923 and 1924?

[@andreascovano7742]

what about italian radio?

[@BHuang92]

Comes to show that some things never change..................

[@gerdforster883]

Thanks for this great episode. The history of broadcasting is especially important to me, since it is part of my job... And I very much appreciated you guys showing a picture of my workplace in your video ;)

[@thurin84]

i find much more true news on youtube, then fake. the fake news is coming from the lamestream media.

[@jag3596]

How I wish I could have as much enthusiasm in my life as Indy did in 2:20

[@CHAR0N_19]

I would love seeing them on an absinth party

[@TheCimbrianBull]

@@CHAR0N_19 ROFL! 🤣 😂 😅

[@erSancheh]

That was one Hell of a "Born in the U.S.A." moment. Yes, I say it for the sarcastic meaning.

[@Trapster99]

Eat a hotdog, you will start to feel better. Swig it down with Root Beer!

[@submarineinthesky8946]

He should do the rest of the show in that voice

[@grafspee45440]

"a small duchy in the middle of Europe" touché Indy

[@TimeGhost]

It is what it is... 😉

[@ScooterWeibels]

@@TimeGhost That small countries commercial radio will be preferred to the BBC's high culture

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Hail Radio Luxembourg!!!!!

[@BleedingUranium]

Can anyone explain this reference?

[@DawgPro]

@@BleedingUranium www.rtlgroup.com/alwaysclosetotheaudience/RTLGroup_alwaysglosetotheaudience.pdf

[@VladTevez]

All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Goo Goo, Radio Ga Ga All we hear is Radio Ga Ga Radio Blah Blah Radio, what's new? Radio, someone still loves you

[@ФилиппЛыков-д8е]

Gossip, gossip Gossip, gossip I heard it in the night Words that thoughtless speak Like vultures swooping down below On the devil's radio (George Harrison)

[@rpcvnepal]

Radio is a sound salvation Radio is cleaning up the nation They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason So you had better do as you are told You better listen to the radio

[@SergeiFragov]

So that is why they limited what kind of music can be played? :P

[@golden_smaug]

C mamó

[@maketrax1]

Invisible airwaves Crackle with life Bright antennae bristle With the energy Emotional feedback On a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price - Almost free…

[@techgeekout]

"Serbian-American Nikola Tesla" I can hear the Croatian keyboards typing from here

[@TimeGhost]

Well... they can type away all they want, Belgrade won't change place retroactively, unless they have one hell of a big earth mover and a time machine - he was however strictly speaking born in the Empire of Austria... so we've already gone out of our way to be extra kind to any sensitivities here.

[@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent]

I am from Croatia. It is well known fact that he is a Serb. He is still one of the most revered people in Croatia considering he was born in what is today Croatia.

[@Legitpenguins99]

@@kingusernamelxixthemagnificent some people are less rational than you

[@jazavac1998]

Tesla je naš :D

[@A_annoying_rodent]

@@TimeGhost do not underestimate balkan nationalists, they even might do it.

[@TheIfifi]

I love that the USSR first broadcasts to the world. THEN their own population like a side note. "Oh yeah, I forgot we had those guys."

[@Oxtocoatl13]

Well there were probably way more receivers abroad than in Russia. Russia was wartorn and quite underdeveloped in 1920, so reaching the Russians en masse by radio was probably impossible while sympathizers in Europe could more easily be contacted.

[@AHappyCub]

Not to mention that Russia at the time is mostly an Agrarian Nation

[@Defenestrationflight]

@@Oxtocoatl13 hence the "kolkhoznik" setup, where the collective farms had receivers and loudspeakers installed.

[@kaczynskis5721]

Even in late Soviet times, it struck me how easy it was to pick up Radio Moscow. Very powerful transmitters.

[@kaczynskis5721]

In early Soviet times, including the 1920s to 1940s, radio broadcasts were received by loudspeaker in many cases, and for example many first learned of the German invasion in 1941 by listening to loudspeaker announcements relaying radio broadcasts. In the Third Reich, people were encouraged to buy inexpensive radios called Volksempfänger ('People's Receivers'). These were designed to be too weak to receive foreign broadcasts. Listening to these was discouraged before WW2 and illegal during it. One youth who had been hit by his stepfather tried to get possibly mortal revenge by accusing him of listening to foreign broadcasts. The stepfather succeeded in proving in court that his radio was not built to receive foreign radio transmissions.

[@LentaChorum]

January 1926 - "Ha ha labour unrest what a barrel of laughs!" >Four months later "It's was just a prank I swear!"

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

2:20 one of the greatest moments of indy's youtube career, right behind the magnetic mine opening

[@charlesfitton9677]

New fan...what's the magnetic mine bit?

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

Charles Fitton November 17 on the ww2 channel

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

17:40 "in a small duchy in the middle of Europe" Oh, the one that can do a world conquest !

[@coreystockdale2913]

Breathes in hearts of iron

[@zaco-km3su]

How?

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

it's a popular challenge in Hearts of Iron IV. Start as Luxemburg and try to conquer everyone.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@neues3691 Bhutan is absolutely powerless. The Thunder Dragon Empire, now we're talking !

[@indy_go_blue6048]

South American countries are fun too; if you get that far don't mess with Mexico because that'll bring the USA into the war and then it's all over (or the British and French colonies.)

[@marcogrigolo2228]

I knew Edison was an asshole stealing/lobbying against Tesla inventions. What I didn't know is that he stole Marconi's patents too. What a rolemodel

[@TheCimbrianBull]

It's free real estate!

[@joluoto]

The true American way.

[@kathrynradonich3982]

Must have been Steve Jobs role model

[@Mathwayb]

This needs more upvotes.

[@zaco-km3su]

Marconi wasn't that much better.

[@indianajones4321]

That map for with the broadcast towers was flawless

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Indeed! 😀

[@TimeGhost]

Thank Eastory (yet again) :)

[@Bruno_Wosniak]

Indy and crew, you are doing a good for humanity by producing such content. It is a pleasure to watch your videos with so many details Keep up the good work Cheers from Brazil

[@TheIfifi]

My best friend happens to be Brazilian and I can't help but wonder... Your name doesnt sound "normal" brazilian. Bruno sounds German, Woszniak sounds Polish. Am I swimming totally alone there?

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@TheIfifi Brazil is a diverse nation with people with roots from all over living there. Last time I checked, Brazil was 47.73% white (the majority) so there should be Germans and Poles living there.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Bruno!! We love the appreciation!

[@joebarilari9911]

Indie and company, TIME Ghost should be required in all public schools!!!!!! Each episode so freaking good I learn more now than I ever did in schools. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Joe! I fully agree 😄

[@micatnight2010]

Discovered this channel yesterday with a WWII episode appearing in my feed. Watched for 1 minute, then started at the beginning of 'Between 2 Wars' series. Had to stop for a moment to comment on how much I appreciate this. Clearly, this is the best YT channel of all time. It's value cannot be over estimated. Should be required viewing for every student. Heartfelt thanks to all the contributors who make this possible.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you and welcome the channel!

[@whatonearth9809]

This was a really interesting episode about an aspect of history I’d never thought about before. Bravo 🙌🏻

[@apersonontheinternet595]

this is a hidden gem of a channel. Keep it up boys!

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you - we will!

[@kapitainnemoder5]

The place that cannot be named....

[@TimeGhost]

😁

[@chrisstewart4288]

Is there a context to this joke? Just curious if I missed something

[@TimeGhost]

A small Duchy in the vicinity of France, Belgium and Germany that shall not be mentioned ;-)

[@angelocortez4471]

Is this starts with letter "S"?

[@TimeGhost]

@@angelocortez4471 Nah, the letter between K and M...

[@chrisstewart4288]

Loved that overblown American accent =) =) =) What region / age would you put it at? I'm going with 1920 southern showsman.

[@TimeGhost]

I think that pretty much describes it right ;-)

[@TheEriegpman]

he sounds Texan to me, maybe around Houston? Hard to tell by these Great Lake ears

[@kknives36]

He’s from Texas, specifically Houston.

[@JLAvey]

He sounds like a used car salesman in Amarillo or El Paso or somewhere out in western Texas.

[@joelbusald6416]

Sounded like Bill Clinton to me

[@victorbruant389]

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!

[@Marinealver]

from Chicago no less.

[@MerlijnDingemanse]

Do you know Dewey?

[@victorbruant389]

@@MerlijnDingemanse You mean Malcolm's brother?

[@richardalderman1324]

@@MerlijnDingemanse .......one of Donald Ducks nephews ?

[@ricklolkema3340]

Beautiful episode as always, thank you.

[@Legitpenguins99]

*sees 22 minutes of my favorite youtube show Oi blin

[@podemosurss8316]

16:52 In 1924 Spain also opens its first two Radio broadcasting services: EAJ1 Radio Barcelona, made by the local Catalan authorities and EAJ2 Radio España made by the central Spanish government.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

My paternal grandmother had a beautiful Philco set, the last thing Grandpa bought her, a Christmas present in 1939; he died of a heart attack 5 days later. It still worked in the '50s; I loved listening to foreign broadcasts on the short wave band. What are now Old Time Radio programs were still being broadcast through the late '50s; I loved to imagine sitting around the radio with my dad's family listening to Jack Benny, or the Pearl Harbor announcement.

[@bsothefirst]

Indy neidell is giving me the best history lessons I've ever had.. Clear and easy to follow, and an honest view on the history of western countries that I never learned in school.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you

[@GOTCONNOR]

Excellent texan accent, Indy. Glad to see you haven’t forgotten your roots

[@thermionic1234567]

That fight transcription sounded really good!

[@Terinije]

I think this was this channel's best video yet. Extremely well done.

[@janwacawik7432]

I swear, if Indy doesn't mention Bing Crosby the next episode, I will strike down with great vengeance and furious anger.

[@TheTrollTeamNL]

I really like these episodes they make me very happy and informed at the same time!

[@TimeGhost]

I'm glad to hear that :)

[@rosswebster7877]

Just when I thought the last Between 2 Wars episode couldn’t get more fascinating this comes along!

[@iVETAnsolini]

So your saying people are as gullible now as they were then?????

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Yup! 😀

[@anssisorvisto3191]

Sorry someone was angry about being wrong and tried to steal my account. While doing damage control, I deleted my original comment by accident. As summation: Modern people have grown up with mass media, in the past there were multiple example of mass hysteria events, which are fairly uncommon today.

[@anssisorvisto3191]

@Jan Gunnar Agree fully. But there is cultural differences how we handle can shift through the modern media. Example in Finland we have ways we can keep journalist countable if they lie, so our news organisations have fairly good record telling the truth. No way a perfect system. There is this example of our neighboring Estonia being used as a testing ground by the Soviet Union how the oppressed Estonian population would react and function when influenced by the more liberal Finnish media.

[@anssisorvisto3191]

@Jan Gunnar Thx for the tip.

[@marinazagrai1623]

JA...when we know better than to believe everything we're told w/out question...we're (at least some-maybe most) more gullible, since we're (at least we're supposed) more aware than our ancestors.

[@Cancoillotteman]

Always an appreciable surprise to see these years covered un-partisanly, cheers TimeGhost History ;)

[@TimeGhost]

You're welcome!!

[@jabscha7051]

This is a damn good channel

[@sylviahacker6695]

Great episode. Thanks!

[@Kannietwo]

Fun Fact: Bredow started broadcasting in Königs Wusterhausen witch is just a few kilometers away from my hometown. Königs Wusterhausen is located south of Berlin and there is a Museum dedicaed to him :)

[@samstewart4807]

This is one of your best videos.

[@TimeGhost]

thanks!

[@daya820]

I enjoyed, this episode, well, I love all your episodes.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you for watching, Daya! Please do stay tuned

[@TheBartomon]

Well done sir! Very good content!

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you

[@timmcdaniel6193]

I loved the ending at 22:04! "... from the station TGA1 in Bavaria broadcasting on 100 gigabytes per second!"

[@TimeGhost]

😉

[@user-qj1bt1uv2n]

@@TimeGhost where can I get those kinds on internet speed, they are ridiculous. 😁

[@eduardogrilo6684]

In Portugal the radio stations is from de 30s with the station of the State (Emissora Nacional), the Church( Radio Renasçenca) and the comercial stations (Radio Clube)! But the Portugal are living in dictatorship from de 1926

[@VooDoo11556]

Hey Indy that send-off was just beautiful

[@TimeGhost]

thanks!

[@DarkLucarioakaDark]

10:27 I wasn't aware we were in the future now.

[@AHappyCub]

XD

[@vanhovemare]

very similar to the rise of the internet - thanks!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

that's basically what the radio was to the human race.

[@TheStewieOne]

I love the music goes from all nice and cheery to completely serious when Germany is mentioned.

[@gerdforster883]

The people who started radio in Germany came from the Bildungsbürgertum (a very germany-specific subset of the educated middle class). They opted to mainly broadcast "serious", i.e. classical music, believing classical music to be of greater value than popular music. So the music choice fits quite well.

[@azmike1]

This was a very informative episode.

[@fredwaterer8203]

Great program

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you for your support!!

[@jfrorn]

Excellent work guys, really amazing what you're doing.

[@57WillysCJ]

You were there with Crosley. In 1925 you could buy the Pup for $9.75. That is around $125.55 in today's money. Some competitors price would be around $1400 today. WLW has quite a broadcasting history. From the mid to late 1930's they broadcast at 500,000 watts. That would make Wolfman Jack envious. I think the top 3 items for middle class kids to want in the late 1920's was a crystal radio set, motor boat and a car although he might start with a motorcycle.

[@MrJm323]

My maternal grandfather was the technical director for Crosley Radio at the time and was hired to help design and install that transmitter out at Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. Joseph A. Chambers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZOrm5atftSHn7s WLW's 500,000 watt transmitter in Mason, Ohio.

[@Lttlemoi]

By 1942, one in six French bartenders had a radio under the floorboards beneath their mother-in-law's bed.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

'allo allo, this is Nighthawk calling!

[@waltertomashefsky2682]

Listen very carefully for I shall say this only once.

[@M60E3MG]

And the painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies is hidden inside a sausage, if I recall.

[@skajuoker--x]

The closing tune is so cool :)

[@IceMicrodynamics]

Best host ever!

[@ShaneMcBryde]

Great episode.

[@TimeGhost]

Thx

[@MrCane1980]

Indy,.. point to point is unicast, not broadcast,.. great show,...:-)

[@BananenBrot484]

I Love the background Music 👍🏼

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you! (p.s. I love Banana bread)

[@DudokX]

I really enjoy Indys "goofy" side.

[@randywarren7101]

Orson Wells would take it to a whole new level in 1938 with the Halloween broadcast of H.G. Wells' War Of The World's!

[@Rizibizi12]

I have a question my grand grandfather during ww1 was part of AH navy. I'm from Croatia. And my father said to me that after end of the war he went to China as part of Leage of Nations troops. He was there for 8 years. Can you say something more about that.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

"In the United States of America" Dude, I am going to die. That is the funniest accent shift I have ever seen. TBH, I sound like the second guy, funny is funny.

[@tomster4974]

Belgium had its first radio station opened in spring 1914. Unfortunately it lasted for a few months

[@avinashmishra6863]

I've become a fan for my lifetime.😁

[@TimeGhost]

Cool, thanks!

[@jonathanpowell613]

2:21 Hey, Indy. Your inner Texan is showing!

[@Tsogoh]

Good choice of background music!

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you!

[@markcantemail8018]

Indy , Spart , Astrid, Joram, Bodo and the rest of the team Thank you . My Grand Parents were the Young Adults During this era . Turn of the Century and thru this time and the 2nd war . You keep giving me glimpses of what they saw , Heard and did . They came from strict House holds but this was their Youth time . When I say Grandma was a Flapper it is Funny and strange at the same time . She is long gone but I can remember as a young kid at the table being told that the Children did not speak at Meal time . So Your between the wars series is Enlightning to me . Please rent a Land Tuna and do a Flapper Road Trip ?

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you from the whole team ;-)

[@TheJeffryButnic2]

Great video as always guys, but I notice that you confused the terms "Scottish, British and English". Scots are Brits, English are Brits, Welsh are Brits, NI are Brits. "British" is an umbrella term which includes all those who come from the United Kingdom.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

No it is not. Scots, Welsh and English are Brits, but Northern Irelanders are NOT British. It's even in the name, "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Britain refers the large main island, the Northern Irish are not British in that sense.

[@TheJeffryButnic2]

@@TheDirtysouthfan people from Northern Ireland are still British Citizens, and it says so on their passports. A lot of people in NI, particularly from Protestant communities, identify strongly as British. Indeed, the Good Friday Agreement allows for people in NI to be either British, Irish, or both.

[@manugamer9984]

Me: where’s Marconi?? 3:08 Ah, there he is!🇮🇹

[@MolcanAnti]

Aw man, you left out Czechoslovakia, Československý Rozhlas is actually the second oldest public radio broadcaster in Europe (at least according to wiki, but I had this information in my head before I went to check).

[@Sketch1ish]

Man i remember going to Pacers games at the RCA Dome. Cool to hear about their start

[@RickinBaltimore]

Check out the channel Technology Connections and his videos on the CED. It's a GREAT history of RCA.

[@mrhope0403]

This one is interesting, and shows how the media whose purpose should have been only informing people directs the people.

[@marinazagrai1623]

I wouldn't wish to shed any aspersions on any of the successes Marconi had, but his mother was British and had a lot of powerful acquaintances who allowed for her son to succeed in his "business" (even if he didn't know what kind of area he was going to open - telecommunications!).

[@georget8008]

You have to make a special for the experimental tv broadcasts that started sometime in the mid 20s. I think that the bbc was the first to start in 1926. Germany started a few years later. The Berlin olympic games were the first to be broadcasted live

[@Tsogoh]

1929, the first radio station was founded in Hong Kong.

[@hipcat13]

Nothing is forever, but propaganda always stays the same.

[@Brian0wns]

Just a heads up on translating 1926 dollars to dollars today - the better inflation metric to use is gold since they were on a gold standard. So an ounce of gold was basically 20 dollars in 1926, and today (3/1/2019) it is around 1300 - so instead of the 900 mill it would be a lot closer to 3.9 billion in today dollars.

[@TimeGhost]

This was done using purchase parity adjusted inflation - using the gold standard over-blows the present value due to the rise in gold prices since the gold standard was abandoned having been vastly higher than inflation.

[@rk4397]

In my younger days I used to go exploring. Some might call it breaking and entering, but I never broke anything and never stole anything. In the attic of a college building somewhere in the Midwest I found an 1898 Marconi wireless transmitter and receiver in mint condition. I wonder if it is still there. A similar setup was aboard the steamship Republic when it collided with the Florida in 1909. Several passengers on each of the ships were killed; however, partially due to wireless, the rest of the passengers and crews were saved. The young wireless operator was hailed as a hero. Several years later, the young radioman was offered the opportunity to serve on a brand new state-of-the-art ocean liner, the Titanic; however, he had fallen in love with an English woman and turned the opportunity down.

[@MIMALECKIPL]

Hi Indy. Anything on the Transatlantic RadioTelegraph Center / Transatlantycka Centrala Radiotelegraficzna in Warsaw? There's also a Swedish "sister" station the Grimeton Radio Station - these may be interesting as they had range reaching up to USA.

[@alanlawson4180]

Nipper, the dog on the RCA label, is buried in Kingston-Upon Thames, on the outskirts of London. The place is now the car park of a local bank, and there's a plaque about this in the bank. Usless knowledge, the best knowledge!

[@TimeGhost]

RIP Nipper the dog

[@jovanweismiller7114]

My Uncle Roy, later disabled on the Western Front, got in trouble with the US Army Signal Corps in 1912, for jamming their transmissions from Fort Riley, KS, using an unmodulated spark transmitter.

[@markmierzejewski9534]

While I know this is radio .. but its something growing up in Central New Jersey that it feels like almost every other movie I watch takes place some where in New Jersey. like 25 min from Jersey City. I didnt know this!

[@scarakus]

Goebles philosophy is stronger than ever in today's news.

[@evilpixie96]

yet more history i was unawaer of, good job on educating me, if only you could short out my spelling and grammer

[@TimeGhost]

We can manage ;) thanks!

[@goyonman9655]

Lol

[@pinchasreich7773]

I love your show and brash soldierly persona. Slight critique; I get your trying to make the backdrop look like the 'Roaring 20s" complete with oversized wine glass/whisky tumblr. I feel like in a small way your cheering on the 20s excesses. Excess by the aristocrats caused WW1, and the unbridled excesses of the anything goes 20s, I believe helped cause the Great depression. Picture a stock broker getting sauced every night, his irrational exuberance will get the better of him. I don't know, that's what came to my mind When I watch your content, I get the feeling of anticipatory anxiety Im sure actual soldiers feel, "eyes and ears everyone today may be your last" LOVE it, thanks indy

[@TimeGhost]

We tend to dramatize our sets a little, but thats what they are. Sets. They don't have any other relation to the context other than creating a time-appropriate feeling. And even if the B2W set seems a little excessive, as you say, the 20's were excessive (at least for the elites). We could have gone with a little industrial workers house as well, but as this exsessiveness caused many of the aspects of the 20s from emancipation movements, the roaring '20s and the big crash, I feel like this is quite appropriate - but i don't feel like we're cheering excessiveness.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you for the praise. We’re not so much cheering on the excess, we’re displaying it in an intentional dichotomy to what the content tells us.

[@M60E3MG]

I know this is a very late comment, but I hope someone can tell me where to find the photo at 14:53. That early field radio is hilarious!

[@shawngilliland243]

Hadn't known that Wells' War of the Worlds broadcast was years after the first such panic. I've always liked the old term "wireless" .

[@AdamMGTF]

My grandad is 93 and still calls it the wireless. I didn't think much of it, until my mate pointed out the other day, that I still call my laptop a PC...

[@allansutcliffe648]

is there a broadcast of the fake news you mentioned at the beginning of your prog ?

[@Trapster99]

Hey! I am still waiting on the BBC report on the Spaghetti Harvest in Italy 2019!

[@gb5085]

2:18 Indie's Texan roots jumped out for a sec.

[@nirfz]

At the bit of the titanic i was expecting the story about the marconi operators on ships beeing told to not cooperate with the radio operators using eqipment from other manufacturers unless in case of emergency. And the main radio operator of the titanic not really cooperating just as he was told, even in his case of emergency and thus decreasing the number of survivors by not aswering to one ship that was closer than those who then came to rescued people. (People still discuss if the radio operator just misjudged the severeness and thoought there was enough time for the british ship to arrive)

[@roweenie]

The singer at 8:51 is Al JOLSON (the star of the first commercially successful sound movie, "The Jazz Singer"), not Al JOHNSON.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Surprised Italy didn't get a mention in that list of countries establishing radio services. Theirs began broadcasting in 1924 with Mr Marconi himself involved.

[@dokskwyr4353]

Marconi's patent for the radio was awarded to Tesla in recent years recognizing him as the actual creator.

[@tomalexander4327]

Fascinating

[@AntonTenitsky]

it's quite cool that you've mentioned Popov. In Russian history, they call him the main inventor. I think they do mention Marconi as well but no as much as Popov.

[@kaczynskis5721]

Well, when I went to an American school, the invention of television was attributed to a certain Vladimir Zworykin, a Russian who emigrated to the USA. In Britain I was taught it was invented by John Logie Baird, a Scot.

[@golden_smaug]

In Mexico, the first radio station is called La W, and it still works to this day

[@istvansipos9940]

02:20 the Universe needs an entire episode with that 'Muricah! English

[@noldo3837]

Czechoslovak radiojournal was established 1923 as a private company, and in 1925 the state has bought 51% of the shares. It is second oldest Europe after BBC.

[@Spindrift_87]

Naval history flex: I think the US dreadnought shown at 6:36 is one of the New Mexico class

[@benjamingranby5269]

Can anyone tell me where to find the photo of the radio and antenna backpack at 14:53? Its a lovely pic!

[@TimeGhost]

nl.pinterest.com/pin/418342252871192727/

[@ziroja]

I find it amusing that you had to register a radio receiver in those days 😄

[@seattlepnw]

Is that a heater behind you in the videos? Is it gas? Coal?

[@AQuietNight]

RCA was the Apple Computer of it's day and it's advancements in electronics went far beyond radio. The company was a patent generator even Apple today couldn't begin to touch.