rebroadcast

American  

[ree-brawd-kast, -kahst] / riˈbrɔdˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

verb (used with object)

rebroadcast, rebroadcasted, rebroadcasting

1. to broadcast again from the same station.

2. to relay (a radio or television program, speech, etc., received from another station).

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noun

1. a program that is rebroadcast.

Etymology

Origin of rebroadcast

First recorded in 1920–25; re- + broadcast

Explanation

To rebroadcast something is to make it available again on the radio, television, or online. During a weather emergency, like a hurricane, local TV stations usually rebroadcast news reports throughout the day. Use rebroadcast as a verb, meaning "play again," or a noun, for the actual show or program. You might miss an exciting basketball game, but you'll probably be able to watch a rebroadcast the next day. The word rebroadcast combines the "again" prefix re- and broadcast, which started out with a very different definition — it meant "spread seeds." The modern meaning dates from the 1920s, when it referred to radio.

Example Sentences

The normally flint-faced STV reporter Colin Mackay caught the mood when he summed up another exhausting day of revelations on the nightly news broadcast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"It's still the No. 1 news broadcast in America. But history tells you disruption doesn't happen immediately when new technology comes along — it's usually a few years later," Bilton told CNBC.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

As such, Kelly doesn’t run her show like a news broadcast.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

It was the first time in her 25-year news career that she’d left a news broadcast unfinished.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

She’d been thinking, actually, of how to get the rest of Mr. Randolph’s money and hadn’t been listening to the news broadcast.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson