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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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
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told radio broadcaster RTL early Wednesday that he had suspended the police use of stun grenades at the protests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
He also hired Ross Porter, a Dodgers broadcaster from 1977 to 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the five injured soldiers had been airlifted to hospital on Monday evening, according to national broadcaster ABC.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Over in Britain, the world’s first national broadcaster, the BBC, came into being in 1922, ushering in an age when music would come to belong to everyone, everywhere, often enjoyed completely for free.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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
The committee supported opening up BBC iPlayer to shows from other public service broadcasters such as Channel 4.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The top five US broadcasters had halted pool coverage of the White House -– a system allowing one TV outlet to film on behalf of the lot of them for the day -- in solidarity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
That’s why Araujo’s perch on the club level behind home plate is exposed to the crowd rather than enclosed, like the booths to his right used by the radio and TV broadcasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The newspaper called on broadcasters to regulate themselves.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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