How to Use radio in a Sentence

radio

1 of 2 noun

• I heard the news on the radio.
• I listen to the radio all the time.
• The news was sent by radio.
• There's a problem with the car's radio.
• The radio was playing very loudly.
• The pilot's radio wasn't working.
• That two-way radio gave the chain its name: In-N-Out Burger.
  — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Rock music and hip-hop ruled the top 40 charts and thus, radio stations.
  — Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• The fact that radio seems to like it, I’m really honored by that.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
• Someone had hooked up a radio and placed it on small platform nailed to a tree in the backyard.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• While this was the first time in a while Ryan posted a picture with his dad, the radio host has been known to give fans a glimpse at life pre-fame.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 July 2023
• In the hours preceding the service, the radio had broadcast alerts about rockets from Gaza.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• Some Spears fans even encouraged radio stations to play the decade-old bonus track.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
• As Gardner was turning a corner, the radio hosts said a McDonald song was in the queue.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The shake-up at the station will see a number of changes for local radio broadcasters.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
• Quotas in film, TV, and radio also increased the use of Ukrainian.
  — Lydia Tomkiw, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
• His new employer gave him a record, told him to take it to radio stations to promote.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2024
• Jordan Moore, the radio voice for U.S.C. men’s basketball, did play-by-play.
  — Sopan Deb Allison Zaucha, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• Until recently, the 61-year-old radio host and avid horse rider wasn't doing much in the way of self-care.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2023
• The scientists paid market price for her meat, about $600, implanted a radio tag at the base of her tail, and set her free.
  — Byrichard Stone, science.org, 30 May 2023
• Jason Kelce was asked about the rumors in a radio interview.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• The structure in question was a steel radio tower the station had used to broadcast programs for decades.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• At the time, amapiano was taking over South African dancefloors and radio stations alike.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
• Calling a local radio show to discuss a case from which she was recused.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• Less than a mile away, on top of a nearby hill across the border, the radio tower of an Israeli military site loomed.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• The show also will be heard on iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
• When his helmet radio went on the fritz, the Bengals quarterback temporarily had to call the plays.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• The radio station said an invoice showed it was billed to Jones Fort, his family’s Redding gun store.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• Wallen’s record label swiftly suspended him, he was banned from awards shows, and hundreds of radio stations dropped his music.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• With the full album out, attention turns toward how much country radio attention any of the music will garner.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024

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radio

2 of 2 verb

• The pilot radioed in to the control tower.
• The police radioed a report back to the station.
• The stranded sailors were radioing for help.
• The police radioed for backup.
• They radioed the Coast Guard for help.
• The agent radioed that the SUV was driving about 75 mph toward the toll booths.
  — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2017
• James Arvid, 18, put the guard in a headlock and held him down, but the guard still managed to radio for help.
  — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
• Arvid put the guard in a headlock and held him down, but the guard still managed to radio for help, the report said.
  — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Apolinar tried to radio for help, but one of the bullets had sliced her tongue apart.
  — NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022
• The pilot could see he was injured and radioed in a sky vet from the Kenya Wildlife Service.
  — National Geographic, 9 Feb. 2017
• The mob radioed for help and the call was answered by a horde of angry whites from as far away as Tampa.
  — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Shults radioed to air traffic controllers, not a hint of alarm in her voice.
  — Matthew Haag, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The plane lifts off, and the dispatcher radios the coordinates of the fire.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• The agent radioed his colleagues to look out for the black BMW, and in a matter of minutes the Marines were pulled over and asked for papers.
  — Meagan Flynn, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2019
• The deputies were shot while sitting in their patrol car at a Metro rail station and were able to radio for help, the sheriff said.
  — CBS News, 13 Sep. 2020
• An officer who caught up to the intruder tried to radio for help, but couldn’t.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 May 2021
• That crewmember alerted the other crew and that's when the captain radioed a distress message to the Coast Guard.
  — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2019
• The Long Beach van radioed for everyone to be on the lookout for the 25-year-old woman with the pink sweater, who wound up missing for an hour.
  — Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2017
• The officer radioed for another officer and a K-9 to come to the scene.
  — cleveland, 24 Mar. 2020
• Police radioed information about the car and Isaifan, who lived on the 1300 block of Brittain Road.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019
• Officials tried to radio to the crew and tell them to move back to unrestricted air space.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Joe Smigielski radioed for extra help because the crash was spread over a wide area in front of the apartments.
  — Caitlin Taylor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2019
• The stats crew had to send someone down to the field to describe the play, then radio the information back to the press box to be repeated.
  — Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2020
• This was the Giants, 49ers and Warriors radio flagship.
  — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 25 June 2017
• The tort claim seeks permission to sue Drew and Whitmore, a desk sergeant who may have approved the search when Drew radioed him from the road, and state police.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• After the driver sped away, Merrill was able to radio deputies for backup.
  — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2020
• Relyea stepped back and radioed in that the man had a knife and asking for additional units, the report read.
  — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 12 July 2019
• The deputy radioed to dispatchers that she was injured and needed help.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2020
• Fallon plays the Dustin in all this, radioing over to Colbert, our Suzie of this sketch, to wish him good luck on his late-night talk show return.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 July 2019
• On the bodycam footage, the woman is heard wailing from inside the house and an officer is heard radioing for additional units.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024