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telecast

American  
[tel-i-kast, -kahst] / ˈtɛl ɪˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

verb (used with or without object)

telecast, telecasted, telecasting
  1. to broadcast by television.


noun

  1. a television broadcast.

telecast British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst /

verb

  1. to broadcast (a programme) by television

"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

noun

  1. a television broadcast

"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 telecast

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + (broad)cast


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The traditional telecast, featuring announcers Joe Buck and Troy Aikman with reporters Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge, will be available on ESPN, ABC and Disney+.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Executives at the broadcast networks have groused for years that the telecast had become an advertisement for its competition, first when premium cable networks such as HBO and Showtime scored multiple wins and nominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Pat McAfee will host a commentary-driven Super Bowl telecast this February, expanding a range of Disney feeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Disney is also expected to look for synergies between the Grammy Awards on Feb. 7 and its first Super Bowl telecast since 2006, which airs the following week on Feb. 14.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Gran had been angrier than Seven had ever seen her when she announced via telecast that the Uncle had been taken.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Smith’s moment of passion almost snuck by Elton John, who telecasted into the performance from his concert in Lincoln, Neb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

Which brings me to our talk, which was delivered to the Palm Springs crowd, and telecasted back to the main event in Long Beach.

From Salon ● May 18, 2012

FOX telecasted Philip Humber's masterpiece, but never showed a side view on Brendan Ryan's fateful last swing on replay.

From Chicago Tribune ● May 7, 2012

If football games are put behind subscription paywalls, “these arrangements may no longer align with the statutory concept of sponsored telecasting or the consumer-access rationale underlying the antitrust exemption.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Board members sat around a U-shaped table, a jungle of wires at their feet connected to TVs for telecasting.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2022

I proposed the idea to ABC, then telecasting the marathon, riding my sleek Italian racer as an official vehicle for the network.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

Poker and telecasting will still operate from the old building before moving to the new facility, even though live races has ended.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2020

California soon will be pushed back a huge step when cable TV stops telecasting sausage-making in the state Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2019

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