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radio station

American  

noun

  • radio stations
    plural
  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

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Etymology

Origin of radio station

First recorded in 1910–15


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Atkins, raised by a concert-promoter father in the shadow of Motown, formed his taste on the progressive Black-owned radio station WGPR-FM.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Education Minister Edouard Geffray told the France Inter radio station students should return to the classroom to avoid failing exams.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Way back in the Bush II and Obama years, I volunteered at my college radio station in the Music Procurement Department or whatever it was called.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

He credited the BBC's radio station 1Xtra with providing him with his first break in 2002.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The radio station and local newspapers advertised the fictional program during the previous week.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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