broadcaster
Americannoun
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a person or thing that broadcasts.
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a person or organization, as a network or station, that broadcasts radio or television programs.
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Etymology
Origin of broadcaster
Explanation
A person whose job involves speaking on television, the radio, or online is a broadcaster. Your favorite TV meteorologist is a broadcaster, and so is the DJ with the jazz show your grandpa loves. A broadcaster is someone who broadcasts, or transmits information. This can mean reading the evening news for an internet streaming station or narrating a high school basketball game for a local radio station. Another meaning of broadcast is "scatter seed widely," and for a farmer, a broadcaster is a machine (or person) that does the job. The seed meaning is older; the media definition comes from the idea of spreading information widely.
Example Sentences
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Public broadcaster NHK cited police sources as saying that between 20 and 30 employees could not be contacted, showing footage of emergency vehicles with flashing red lights outside.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Footage aired on public broadcaster NHK showed rescuers entering the building to search for survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The broadcaster also said that around 10 people were hurt at a nursing home for the elderly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
A total of 278 people were killed in 2016 by powerful quakes in Kumamoto and neighbouring Oita prefectures, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
And they’ll probably make the American broadcaster disappear, too, and I’ll have that on my conscience.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
"We're losing pubs. Pubs need to know that the cavalry is coming," he told broadcasters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Speaking at the start of the meeting attended by broadcasters, Burnham said the cost of living would be an early priority, with further measures to be announced in the coming days.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead of 10 to 20 cameras, experts say that some broadcasters envision mounting thousands of iPhone-type cameras inside a ballpark, arena or stadium, creating unique angles that can be personalized for individual viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
NBC finished the season in first-place among traditional TV broadcasters and its L.A. film studio is an industry leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The radio broadcasters huddling under the shelter hesitated, then beamed the news out to the nation: “California Wins.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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