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radio

[rey-dee-oh] / ˈreɪ diˌoʊ /


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Throughout the crisis, Kiritsis made live calls to Fred Heckman, a local AM radio news broadcaster, pleading to listeners for the justice he believed he was due.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

He credited the BBC's radio station 1Xtra with providing him with his first break in 2002.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

For decades, America has been a cultural centre of gravity that is difficult to avoid, with many Canadian actors working in Hollywood and Canadian radio stations playing US music.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

While in China, he listened to American bebop and jazz on the radio and watched American films at the movie theater owned by his best friend’s father.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

A radio message from Rohn, the next checkpoint, said that the weather was so bad, planes could not fly in with food.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

"We have 137 radios in circulation, if there is an incident unfolding it can be reported in real time and hopefully we can avoid any crime happening," she said.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The mint also uses recycled silver, some of it extracted from old radios supplied by British hospitals.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Hichwa was working, while in school, for a defense company, building military-grade radios.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Big, fancy boats with thousand-dollar trolling rods and gold-plated reels and radar and radios and fancy fish-finders and gallons of frozen chum.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Early next morning, a drone was sent up and soon after, the operator radioed them.

From BBC Sep. 11, 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

“Hold your course, no turns please. You are not under threat of being attacked,” an officer from a U.S. warship radioed to the Alliance Fairfax, according to recordings reviewed by the Journal.

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

As Kushal checked the cub carefully from head to tail, one of the rangers radioed a message while the other sat in front of the computer.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Hamilton hit the mechanic on the front right tyre as he accelerated away, immediately radioing to check he was OK, which was confirmed by the team.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The navigation officer was on the bridge radioing the Iranian navy a question that had become maddeningly repetitive and desperately urgent: When would the ship be able to leave?

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

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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