Eli5 how does radio and Sattliete TV work?

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with so much high speed and no disturbance of signal…when it’s a huge distance

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Very ELI5.

Throw a rock to water and it causes a ripple. This is how a basic radio wave works.

So now, imagine you could also form the ripple. That ripple is then received by a radio and converted into the nice music you hear on the radio.

Also, radio waves can travel across the world. I remember there was a scene in the popular TV show Lost, where they could be able to hear some radio wave streamed from another part of the world.