narrowcast
verb (used without object)
to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
narrowcasting
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a word derived from
narrowcast.
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a word form of
narrowcast.
narrowcastverb (used without object)to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
Example Sentences
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The specials were a blatant attempt to offer something for everyone, in a precable epoch defined by broadcasting, as opposed to today’s narrowcasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
When narrowcasting meets an especially desirable demographic slice, huge sums of money and creative talent are pressed into the service of monotonous sameness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
The dynamic was far different than the forums of six or more candidates, narrowcasting the choices.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
In an age of narrowcasting, when very few spectacles still qualify as mass culture, the Super Bowl does.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2013
“Chimes of Freedom” runs counter to this narrowcasting idea, but that was the point.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2012
