broadcaster
Americannoun
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broadcasters
plural
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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.
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Breaking Bad aired on US cable broadcaster AMC for five seasons from 2008 to 2013.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The suspect, a man in his 60s, was arrested in the southwestern region of Lower Silesia, Kierwinski told public broadcaster TVP Info.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
At the time, the top five US broadcasters halted pool coverage of the White House -- where a broadcaster films on behalf of all television outlets -- for several days in solidarity with CNN.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Ricky Hatton's victory over Kostya Tszyu at Manchester's MEN Arena in 2005 began at about 02:00 local time, allowing US broadcaster Showtime to show the fight on Saturday evening.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The broadcaster explained that “For an older woman living on her own, it had required an act of great courage” to finally take the letter to the police.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
But does her sudden departure highlight the challenges broadcasters face covering the women's game in an ever-changing media landscape?
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Related: Traditional TV broadcasters attending this week’s annual Mipcom content market and conference in Cannes, France, said they’re adapting to YouTube’s pull on audiences—and finding ways to capitalize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Legal experts say a ruling could help determine how the government can use its regulatory authority over broadcasters, including when their news coverage or programming draws the ire of an administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Earlier, as von der Leyen arrived, local broadcasters showed footage of a small group of protesters attempting to block her exit from the airport with a truck and a tanker.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 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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