radio station
Americannoun
noun
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an installation consisting of one or more transmitters or receivers, etc, used for radiocommunications
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a broadcasting organization
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of radio station
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Gerry Sass was the owner of an Iowa radio station but also maintained a less savory second identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Because they'd been booked to play Pet-A-Palooza, a dog adoption festival sponsored by the local radio station.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In 1978, a Clearwater, Fla., radio station accepted 112 electric can openers from an advertiser who could not afford to pay for commercial time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
“People are fed up,” says Ros Connors, who heads a local community radio station in Basildon, in eastern England, and gets an earful from listeners about everything from the cost of living to immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
By then the last radio station, a very faint one that I could hear only at night, had stopped broadcasting.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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