radio announcer
4
2.8
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ əˈnaʊnsər/
:
locutor de radio
- The radio announcer said the sleet would continue till evening.
- a longtime radio announcer
- the voice of the radio announcer
- the radio announcer says
Well, brothers and sisters and parents and neighbors and EMTs and doctors and nurses and custodial staff and radio announcers, ordinary folks doing work well.
- Well, brothers and sisters and parents and neighbors and EMTs and doctors and nurses and custodial staff and radio announcers, ordinary folks doing work well.
Examples
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The radio announcer shared the latest news updates every hour on the station.
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At noon on that same day, while broadcasting news of the tragedy, a radio announcer drew attention to this fact, stating that a man was helping the police with their inquiries.
Fiction book (1993) -
I liked my job as a radio announcer.
Blog text (13) -
The radio announcer was now on the baseball scores.
Fiction book (1997) -
Two days before we left, the radio announcer said there were bomb threats at the San Francisco airport.
Fiction book (2002) -
The network's hopes for a late-night hit are riding on the shoulders of the host, a popular Chicago radio announcer.
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Early this morning, Marilee had also heard a radio announcer warn that cars entering the town were being stopped and searched at roadblocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
Today, I also heard one voice, but it was the voice of the same radio announcer pouring out of every shop while store owners stood quietly in their doorways, listening.
Fiction book (1998) -
Otis Perrault was a loner by instinct, a radio announcer by trade, a man with very little luck.
Fiction book (1990) -
Adams would dream about working in radio, about the peculiar duality, perpetually suspended between intimacy and anonymity, that a radio announcer enjoys.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
725
2.6
A person who introduces radio or TV programs, reads news, and gives live commentary at events
73
3.0
A person who presents shows on radio or television
23
2.7
A person who hosts a TV or radio show and introduces guests
1
4.6
A person who presents a TV or radio show and talks to guests
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who presents or introduces radio programs' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'radio' (the broadcasting medium) with 'announcer' (a presenter). This noun–noun modifier pattern is a regular, cross-linguistically common composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Radio announcer comes from the early days of radio when one person spoke to many listeners like a town crier. The word announcer means someone who 'makes something known' and radio is the device that sends sound to homes, so radio announcer means 'a person who presents programs and reads announcements on the radio'.