talk radio

noun

: radio programming consisting of call-in shows

Examples of talk radio in a Sentence

He listens to business talk radio in the car.
Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, Sliwa, a conservative talk radio host, kinda sorta apologized for taking advantage of the city’s migrant hysteria to score a few cheap political points. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2024 Forty years ago, conspiracy theories used to be the stuff of overnight talk radio when hosts filled sleepless hours for insomniacs with hot topics like whether the moon landing was fake, which space aliens are hidden at Area 51 and whether Elvis was living on a remote island in the South Pacific. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024 Wayans plays a legendary talk radio host in the series, which premieres on October 21 at 8:30pm, but will now become a podcaster to allow the comedy to more centered at home, rather than at a radio station. Peter White, Deadline, 13 July 2024 Over the years, his false theory spread through talk radio, zines, books, and gun shows in the era before social media. Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for talk radio 

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Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of talk radio was in 1968

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“Talk radio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20radio. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.

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