The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places is – (1) James Clerk Maxwell (2) Heinrich Hertz (3) Thomas Alva Edison (4) John Logie Baird
(3) Thomas Alva Edison Explanation: Radio is the transmission of single through free space by electromagnetic radiation of a frequency significantly below that of visible light, in the radio frequency range, from about 30 kHz to 300 GHz. Those waves are called radio waves.