talk radio

noun

: radio programming consisting of call-in shows

Example Sentences

He listens to business talk radio in the car.

Recent Examples on the Web On a July 8 talk radio show in Kenai, host Bob Bird called on the governor’s spokesperson to explain why Dunleavy had settled a federal lawsuit that now allowed public funds to be used for transgender surgeries and hormone treatments. —

Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023 In an appearance Wednesday on a conservative talk radio show on 660AM The Answer, Paxton said the cost to keep fighting the two-year-old lawsuit was a factor in settling, but so was the venue. —

Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023 Sports talk radio immediately ran with this hot take, suggesting Belichick was putting the blame on the Krafts. —

Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023 Correspondent Jim Axelrod looks at how increasingly radical talk radio has unquestionably divided Americans and hardened our politics. —

CBS News, 14 Oct. 2022 In California, conservative talk radio can have a greater reach than TV advertisements. —

Allysia Finley, WSJ, 9 May 2022 At a time when sports talk radio was in its infancy across America, Beckmann developed a reputation as a fearless opinionist on the call-in show, as well as a bombastic announcer while calling games. —

Bill Dow, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2022 However, that doesn’t mean that there necessarily has to be a ‘next Rush’ for talk radio to continue its place of importance and continue to evolve. —

Jonathan Berr, Forbes, 27 May 2021 But that kind of nuance isn’t what talk radio is about. —

The Intersection, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2011 See More

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