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broadcasting

broadcasting

102 2.9
Sending programs by radio or television to many people
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɔːdˌkæstɪŋ/
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  • During the storm, the local radio station continued broadcasting updates to keep the community informed.
  • radio broadcasting
  • television broadcasting
  • public broadcasting

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Examples

  • By the mid-1920s, there were eleven commercial and two state broadcasting stations.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The broadcasting of live events has become more popular in recent years, attracting large audiences.

  • Just exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next 100 years.

  • This footage that the LA news people were broadcasting on live TV.

  • So I do a great deal of broadcasting for the BBC and other national broadcast media.

  • Broadcasting live to the occupied zone.

  • In 1952, the Federal Communications Commission set aside a channel exclusively for educational broadcasting.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The small companies licensed before the moratorium was imposed rule the private broadcasting market, at least for now.

    Academic text (1991)
  • African, Caribbean, and Asian broadcasting systems are still major consumers of these commodities.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Soviet troops quickly occupied radio and television broadcasting facilities in Riga, forcing them off the air.

    Academic text (1993)

Compounds

A business that runs stations that send out TV or radio programs to people

A place that sends radio or TV programs to people

A place where radio or television shows are made and sent

How Wide

broadcasting
102 2.9
broadcast area
  • Specialized
3.5
narrowcast
  • Literature
8.1

Surface Forms

broadcasting singular
broadcastings plural

Morphology

broadcasting = broadcast (transparent) = broadcast + ing

The noun is a regular -ing form built from the verb 'broadcast', so the meaning is straightforwardly recoverable.

Etymology

Broadcasting comes from the old farming phrase broad 'wide' + cast 'to throw', used when farmers would throw seeds across a field. So broadcasting means 'sending out' radio or TV signals widely to many people.