| blooper |
esp. in radio and television, an embarrassing or amusing error in speech or action. [1/2 definitions] |
| boom box |
a portable stereo radio with built-in speakers, a carrying handle, and usu. a cassette or CD player, capable of producing loud sound. |
| booster |
a device for amplifying radio frequency. [1/4 definitions] |
| broadband |
pertaining to, emitting, or responsive to a wide range of radio frequencies. [1/2 definitions] |
| broadcast |
to transmit over television or radio. [6/9 definitions] |
| cabinet |
furniture used to contain a television set or radio. [1/6 definitions] |
| call-in |
a telephone conversation between a listener or viewer and a radio or television host, which is broadcast on the host's show. [2 definitions] |
| call letters |
the identifying letters or numbers of a television or radio station. |
| carry |
to make (news, a program, or the like) available to viewers or listeners, as a newspaper or a television or radio station. [1/16 definitions] |
| cell phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cell phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cellular phone. |
| cellular phone |
a mobile telephone that operates using radio signals and therefore requires no wires. A cellular phone is part of a system composed of many low-power radio transmitters located in "cells" across a region and will receive a radio signal from whichever transmitter in the system is closest; cell phone; mobile phone. |
| Clio |
any of several awards presented annually for achievements in advertising in television and radio. [1/2 definitions] |
| clock radio |
a radio with a built-in clock that can be set to turn the radio on at a given time. |
| commentator |
one who provides a commentary, esp. one who reports news along with background information or interpretation in a radio or television broadcast. |
| commercial |
an advertisement broadcast on television or radio. [1/4 definitions] |
| communication |
(pl.) means of transferring messages, such as telephone, telegraph, television, radio, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| control tower |
a tower at an airport from which air traffic is directed by radio. |
| converter |
an electronic device that changes or adds frequencies of a television or radio signal. [1/5 definitions] |
| cordless phone |
a telephone that consists of a battery-operated handset that communicates across short distances via radio waves to an electrically-powered unit that must be connected to a telephone line in order to function. |
| cosmic noise |
interference from radio waves beyond the earth; galactic noise. |
| cross talk |
interference, as on a telephone, radio, or other electronic receiver, by other sound or radio signals from another channel. [1/2 definitions] |