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noun ADJ. cab, car There were calls for cab radios to link train drivers and signal boxes. | CB, mobile, portable, transistor, two-way | FM, long-wave, short-wave | army, police | community, local, national, state VERB + RADIO listen to | turn on, tune in to | tune His radio is permanently tuned to Radio 1. | turn down/up RADIO + VERB announce sth, report sth The radio announced that the president had been assassinated. | blare (out), play (sth) He drove along with his windows open and the radio blaring out. RADIO + NOUN receiver, set | alarm, cassette (player) | message, signal, waves | operator | system | transmitter | silence The troops maintained a strict radio silence while they moved into position. | station | advertisement, broadcast, interview, news, programme, report, show, transmission | frequency | amateur, ham The distress call was picked up by a young radio ham. | drama, play PREP. by ~ The message was sent by radio. | on the ~ We were listening to a show on the radio.
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verbs
listen to the radio
• She was sitting up in bed, listening to the radio.
hear something on the radio
• I heard on the radio that the weather was going to get warmer.
turn/switch the radio on
• Dad switched on the radio for the eight-thirty news.
turn/switch the radio off
• You can turn the radio off, darling, we're not listening to it.
turn the radio down/up
(= make it quieter or louder )
• Can you turn your radio down a bit?
tune a radio to a station
(= make it receive broadcasts from a particular station )
• The radio was tuned to a country-music station.
adjectives
local radio
• Jobs may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio.
national radio
• He even went on national radio to defend himself and his players.
state radio
(= controlled by the government of a country )
• In a message read on state radio and television, the president called for calm.
radio + NOUN
a radio programme/show
• It's my favourite radio programme.
a radio station
(= an organization that broadcasts radio programmes )
• There are currently nearly 50 commercial radio stations.
a radio broadcast
• All radio broadcasts continue to be closely monitored by the government.
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