clear channel

American  

noun

Radio.

1. a radio broadcast channel cleared for long-distance broadcasting during nighttime hours.

2. a broadcast channel free of undesirable interference.

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Other Word Forms

• clear-channel adjective

Example Sentences

Previously known as Clear Channel Communications, the company has experienced the dark side of automation and programming centralization.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Clear Channel later said local police failed that night to activate the emergency alert system, which would have allowed the broadcast of special bulletins.

From Los Angeles Times

Six years ago, the company, previously known as Clear Channel, emerged from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding designed to restructure more than $10 billion in debt, reducing its obligations to $5.75 billion.

From Los Angeles Times

A conservative Texas-based company, Clear Channel, owned about 50 radio stations before the law — and quickly grew to more than 1,000 after the caps were loosened.

From Salon