50+ Radio Trivia Questions and Answers for Every Generation

The Radio, also known as the 1st wireless communication device works by transmitting radio waves from a transmitter to receivers. Which was the most popular broadcasting and communicating device during wars and entertainment.

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Easy Radio Trivia Questions and Answers

1. What is the unit of Radio waves?
   Answer:- Hertz (Hz) – Refer to the number of cycles per second
2. After what incident, the USA mandated the use of Radio in the sea?
   Answer:- Sinking of Titanic
3. What is the range of radio frequency of Frequency Modulation?
   Answer:- Between 88MHz to 108MHz
4. The term radio comes from where and what is its meaning?
   Answer:- Came from the Latin Word & Meaning “Beam of Light”
5. Who was the first person to transmit the first voice radio signal?
   Answer:- Reginald Fessenden
6. When was the first public radio broadcast started?
   Answer:- December 1906 from Brant Rock
7. What was the famous tower used as a military radio station during the World war?
   Answer:- Eiffel Tower
8. Who was the first woman to host a radio talk show?
   Answer:- Diane Rehm
9. What was the company that invented chain broadcasting?
   Answer:- At&T
10. What is the frequency of day-to-day used WiFi radio waves?
    Answer:- 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
11. What is the most listened-to song on Ratio in the United States?
    Answer:- Levitating
12. The device used to amplify the signal of the radio wave is what?
    Answer:- Amplifier
13. Approximately, How many birds are killed by the radio signal each year?
    Answer:- 5 to 50 Million
14. Which group of people in the United States mostly listen to Radio?
    Answer:- Adults
15. When did the first satellite radio launch?
    Answer:- 29 July 2008, Washington, D.C.
16. Which one was the first radio station to broadcast in Stereo?
    Answer:- BBC

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Hard Radio Trivia Questions and Answers

17. Who first demonstrated the existence of radio waves in his own lab?
    Answer:- Heinrich Hertz
18. The Radio-based telegraph system was invented by whom?
    Answer:- Guglielmo Marconi
19. From where Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio frequency to Lavernock Point near Cardiff?
    Answer:- Bristol Channel
20. Who was responsible for the outlawed pirate stations in the UK?
    Answer:- Harold Wilson
21. What is the secretive radio signal which has been used by Russia since 1982?
    Answer:- UVB-76
22. What was the oldest song ever played on Radio?
    Answer:- O Holy Night
23. What was the children’s program that first aired on a Radio?
    Answer:- Children’s Hour, in 1922
24. What was the very first radio station in the United States?
    Answer:- KDKA
25. What was the first Radio drama played by BBC in the UK?
    Answer:- “Comedy of Dangers” in 1924
26. When was Radio mandated in the sea in the USA?
    Answer:- 1912
27. What kind of telescopes are used to study the radio waves emitted from planets and stars?
    Answer:- Radio Telescope
28. What is the most popular radio station format in the United States?
    Answer:- News and Talk Formats
29. When was the ethernet (LAN) invented?
    Answer:- 1973
30. Which one is the highest radio frequency in the United States?
    Answer:- 108.0
31. When did a successful radio transmission send to an English channel?
    Answer:- 1899
32. When did  Guglielmo Marconi receive the first transatlantic radiotelegraph message?
    Answer:- 12 Dec 1901 (Source)
33. When did people able to download video games from the radio?
    Answer:- 1980’s
34. What was the mistakenly played in the wrong RPM in 1978?
    Answer:- Imaginary Lover
35. What is a small plastic object end of the wire used to block any kind of interference from radio signals?
    Answer:- Ferrite beads
36. Which company made the first WiFi device?
    Answer:- NCR Corporation with AT&T Corporation
37. BBC operates how many radio stations in the United Kingdom?
    Answer:- 10
38. who was the first host of BBC Radio 1?
    Answer:- Tony Blackburn
39. What was the first commercial radio station in the World?
    Answer:- KDKA

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Radio Trivia for Kids

40. Who was the first American president to speak on the radio?
    Answer:- Warren G.
41. FM stands for what?
    Answer:- Frequency modulation
42. Who invented the FM radio?
    Answer:- Edwin Howard Armstrong
43. The unit of Radio waves named after whom?
    Answer:- Heinrich Hertz
44. Who was the first-ever Radio DJ?
    Answer:- Reginald A. Fessenden
45. What was the Radio show that revealed the ritual code of the KKK?
    Answer:- Adventure of Superman
46. What was the first black-owned radio station in the United States?
    Answer:- WERD in Atlanta
47. Which one was the most prominent pirate FM station in the UK?
    Answer:- Caroline FM
48. Who invented Satellite Radio?
    Answer:- John Pierce
49. What was the first radio station to broadcast from a ship in the UK?
    Answer:- Radio Caroline
50. Which Radio station was the first to broadcast a baseball game?
    Answer:- KDKA
51. The term “WiFi” stands for what?
    Answer:- Wireless Fidelity
52. What type of Radio waves are used in WiFi signals?
    Answer:- high-energy electromagnetic radio waves
53. FCC Stands for what?
    Answer:- Federal Communications Commission

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Radio Trivia Refereneces:-

• Thefactfile.org (50 Interesting Facts About Radio) by Editorial Staff (Source)
• Sciencewithkids.com (Facts about Radio Waves) By Admin (Source)
• Domotz.com (1 interesting Wi-Fi Facts you probably didn’t know) By Violet Chepil (Source)
• Liveabout.com (10 Important Firsts In The History Of Radio) By Matthew Knell (Source)