broadcasting
Americannoun
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the act of transmitting speech, music, visual images, etc., as by radio or television.
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radio or television as a business or profession.
She's training for a career in broadcasting.
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Caroline - A New Musical is set on Radio Caroline, a rebel radio station that defied UK broadcasting laws by playing pop music from international waters off the coast of Clacton-on-Sea.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“The only difference is that we are broadcasting from Orange County and not Los Angeles.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
That’s an unparalleled opportunity for broadcasting and advertising, with consumer and sporting-goods companies being major spenders.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
A bipartisan group of states recently challenged Nexstar’s $6.2 billion bid for broadcasting rival Tegna, a deal Trump supported, and another coalition is considering whether to oppose Paramount’s $81 billion attempt to acquire Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
By then the last radio station, a very faint one that I could hear only at night, had stopped broadcasting.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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