radio
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In an internal memo, the media giant said the cuts were meant to restructure its radio programming to better “leverage” the company’s technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
In another interview with local radio network RTL in December 2025, the star doubled down on his praise of moving to the countryside.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
At the height of his powers, politicians from both sides would scramble to stay friendly with right-leaning Jones and his hit radio show.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Gerry Sass was the owner of an Iowa radio station but also maintained a less savory second identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Other operators, other “spotting” volunteers farther away, kept talking over the radio after Martin went silent.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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The mint also uses recycled silver, some of it extracted from old radios supplied by British hospitals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“How could they not know that these 911 calls were coming in? ... That’s their job, monitoring their radios or whatever they have with them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Drive-throughs are tough environments for chatbots, with background noise from other people, crying babies and music blasting from radios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"Victor knows a lot about radios and I think he can fix it."
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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More than 15 minutes later, responders radioed that CPR was in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Antonelli was closing at such a pace that a win seemed inevitable, but then he radioed that something was wrong with his car and he couldn't steer.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Minutes earlier, the pilot radioed in to staff at the tower, SoCal Approach, asking if a drone was near that location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
She’d come down the strait plotting soundings as she went, but the pilot would not put his faith in this, and at 0126 hours that morning, in heavy fog, had radioed the lighthouse for assistance.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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“Avoid the area ahead, it’s a hot area now,” Kuwaiti controllers are heard radioing to a pilot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
"As soon as I stepped my foot over the threshold of the door, they were radioing each other and they all surrounded me and were like 'you need to leave the store'," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023
I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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