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radio station

American  

noun

  1. station.


radio station British  

noun

  1. an installation consisting of one or more transmitters or receivers, etc, used for radiocommunications

  2. a broadcasting organization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of radio station

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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As it turns out, he was a DJ at his college’s radio station.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

“They can buy this property, build this data center, and I can do nothing to stop it,” Box Elder County Commissioner Lee Perry told area public radio station KUER.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

In coming decades I went on to work as a writer for a radio station, then a network, then for a great president, now a great newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The group – which includes Europe 1 radio station and the JDD newspaper – is run by billionaire and right-wing media mogul Vincent Bolloré.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

She has changed the radio station, and a Wagner opera now fills the flat.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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