newscast
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newscasts
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Etymology
Origin of newscast
First recorded in 1925–30; news + (broad)cast
Explanation
A newscast is a television or radio show about current news events. Some TV channels feature a half hour newscast at the end of every week day. An all-news cable TV channel is basically nothing but newscasts, with news headlines, analysis of the news, and commentary about current events. Traditionally, network television stations scheduled one or two newscasts per day, broadcasting that day's biggest news. The word newscast is North American, and it first appeared (referring to radio news) around 1930, modeled on the earlier broadcast.
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The service that launched CBS and helped define the broadcast industry had its final newscast Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
They do not contain more facts than your typical mainstream newscast, contrary to what Casablancas claims.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
The “World News Roundup” from CBS Radio is the longest-running newscast in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
“Canada burnt the bridges with America,” Hoekstra said on a CTV newscast.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
For the next sixty minutes, the Capitol feed alternates between the standard afternoon newscast, Finnick, and attempts to black it all out.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
All throughout, NewsNation deviated away from a focus on local newscasts, instead recruiting media celebrities who’d lost their jobs at other networks: CNN’s Chris Cillizza, Fox News’ Chris Stirewalt, Newsmax’s Sean Spicer.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
The Audacy stations currently use ABC News content outside of its hourly newscasts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Colleagues at CBS and ABC shared their sympathies during their newscasts.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Congress later exempted “bona fide” newscasts, interviews, documentaries and events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
They tune in to newscasts, concerts, operas, national choirs, folk shows, a dozen children in a semicircle on the furniture, Frau Elena among them, hardly more substantial than a child herself.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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