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radio microphone

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noun

  1. a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely

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But this time he’s there strictly as a visitor, he won’t intrude on the radio microphone that will be manned by Monday and Stephen Nelson during the Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

And in 1952 he repositioned Walter Cronkite, a 35-year-old commentator, from his comfort zone behind a radio microphone to anchor the first television broadcast of the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2019

Stood in his traditional place, at the back of the main spectator stand, radio microphone in pocket, Liam Hickey allowed himself a private and deeply felt “Yes-s-s” before announcing the final score.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

He inspired merchandise — a Carl Kasell plush toy doll, in the form of an old man wearing a suit and holding a radio microphone.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2018

He jerked his chin toward a pale man with watery blue eyes who crouched over a radio microphone.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez