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radio station

radio station

180 1.3
A place that makes and sends shows you hear on radio or online, like news and music
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪdioʊ ˈsteɪʃən/
translation icon : estación de radio
  • WLIB is the number one black talk radio station in the nation.
  • a local radio station
  • radio stations broadcast
  • run a radio station

We started playing and the local radio station played our cassette.

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Examples

  • If you want a song played, call the radio station right now.

  • He was an engineer at a radio station in Manhattan...

  • If you know the channel, you can listen to that radio station, right?

  • Take that to the radio station.

  • Hundreds of people called the police, newspapers, and radio stations seeking advice.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Later, her mother told her he was working for an FM radio station in Houston.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We started playing and the local radio station played our cassette.

  • Bruce, how can I find sponsors for my radio station while I'm the manager?

  • Hey, look, you guys, the radio station's just two blocks down on Wabasha.

  • In the car, we'd been listening to the same radio station for the entire trip.

Synonyms

broadcast station
vsradio station
2 3.1

A place that sends radio or TV programs to many people

focuses on producing audio programs and distributing them online not only sending signals
broadcasting station
vsradio station
1 3.8

A place that sends radio or TV programs to people

focuses on creating audio programs and serving online platforms rather than only sending signals

How Big

network
633 3.1
radio station
180 1.3

Surface Forms

radio station singular

Morphology

radio + station

The meaning 'an organization or place that produces and broadcasts audio programs' is directly deducible from combining 'radio' (the broadcasting medium) with 'station' (a place or channel for broadcasting). This noun–noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'estación de radio') and follows standard English modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Radio station comes from putting radio meaning 'wireless sound' together with station meaning 'a fixed place where people work or send out messages'. So, radio station means the place or group that makes and sends out radio programs.