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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He was briefed by federal police – whose counter terror squad is helping state officers investigate – and told the national broadcaster: "This wasn't an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would appear."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Witnesses told national broadcaster ABC they heard a bang and saw a woman pinned between two cars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
A stream of ambulances were seen arriving at the hospital and one doctor told Canadian public broadcaster CBC that the facility had been "completely overwhelmed" by the number of patients.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
And police in New Zealand said last week he had spent time in the country on a six-month student visa, where he completed a portion of his flight training, national broadcaster RNZ said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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
Until relatively recently, clamping down on piracy was not seen as a priority by the broadcasters themselves.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
But broadcasters outside the UK can and do show those matches, fuelling pirated streams.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
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
Several years before, the White House requested—and broadcasters agreed—that the president should not be imitated on the radio because it confused listeners.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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