talk radio

noun

: radio programming consisting of call-in shows

Examples of talk radio in a Sentence

He listens to business talk radio in the car.
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But one prominent New York sports talk radio host now predicts that Sasaki will end up on the East Coast after all, with the New York Yankees. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025 In the 1990s, liberals all but ceded talk radio to conservatives, an act of foolishness, given the platform is crucial to connecting with a car-loving population. Jeff Bloodworth, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 Spurned by Hollywood and the legacy press, the online right has spent more than a decade forging its own alternative media ecosystem out of the void conservative talk radio left behind. Makena Kelly, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024 Once submitted, local talk radio, voters, and activists can be contacted. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for talk radio 

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of talk radio was in 1968

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“Talk radio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20radio. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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