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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Especially on social media and talk radio, as well as one of my personal text threads. Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Trump plans to nominate California civil rights lawyer, talk radio host and Fox News analyst Leo Terrell to be senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for Civil Rights in the Department of Justice. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025 Peruse social media and talk radio and there’s a line of thinking that espouses keeping star players out of harm’s way. Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024 But behind the conspiracy-laden comments was an innovative business model that deviated from that of Jones’ contemporary, the conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh. Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Nov. 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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