broadcaster

[brawd-kas-ter, -kah-ster]

noun

1. a person or thing that broadcasts.

2. a person or organization, as a network or station, that broadcasts radio or television programs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadcaster¹

First recorded in 1920–25; broadcast + -er ¹

Example Sentences

OBR chair Richard Hughes has also personally apologised "for the error", telling broadcasters "I will take action later to make sure it doesn't happen again".

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Lee was likely suffering from an "atypical depression" and prolonged grief reaction at the time of the murders, according to a psychiatric assessment conducted before the sentencing, local broadcaster RNZ reported.

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Mr. Ruddy may be worried that relaxing the ownership cap would let conservative broadcasters Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group become more formidable competitors to his network.

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Congress then drilled into alleged harms of media consolidation and the failure of broadcasters to alert the community during the disaster in Minot, where Clear Channel owned six of the eight commercial radio stations.

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Newsbeat has been told media watchdog Ofcom collects some diversity data on actors and presenters employed directly by broadcasters, but not on characters within shows.

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