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.
Example Sentences
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A partial count published by national broadcaster RÚV on Sunday said 52.5% of voters didn’t want their government to reopen talks with the EU, compared with 47.5% who favored talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, a dammed lake upstream of the Gyirong Port in Tibet has begun overflowing, forcing a temporary suspension of rescue operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Eventually he told his father that if he could not marry Sonja, he would stay single, King Harald told Norway's public broadcaster, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Footage shared by local broadcaster Jijel News showed residents taking refuge in a post office as thick clouds of smoke billowed around them.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The broadcaster Georgia Penn has had a “no” from the head of the Gestapo in this region—a powerful and terrible man called Ferber, I think, the Ormaie captain’s boss.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Student broadcasters will participate in the event that will feature an all-women officiating crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
On Thursday Sheinbaum said the new guidelines for broadcasters could be finalized next week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A number of broadcasters subsequently queried how Israel placed so highly.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Eurovision is a co-production of public broadcasters belonging to the European Broadcasting Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Six hundred broadcasters fuelled the boom, with Chicago’s KYW broadcasting nightly operas from 1921 onwards, and lighter fare outside the opera season.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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