What’s the difference between AM and FM radio waves?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Radios are like magical devices. You just flip a switch and BAM, you can listen to everything from punk rock to world news. But how exactly does a radio work? And what’s the difference between AM and FM radio? We asked physics expert Angie Huerta to help us find the answer.

Got a question that’s AM-azing? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll dial in the answer.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
0:06.4	finance course for students even though teens score an average of 64% on the National
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0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
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1:09.5	From the brains behind Brainson,
1:11.4	this is the Moment ofum.
1:12.6	Um, um, um, um.
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