television/radio

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1 watching television
2 listening to the radio
3 controlling a television or radio
4 television and radio programmes
5 broadcasting
see also FILM, CINEMA

1 watching television
- a piece of electrical equipment which receives televised pictures and sound: television, television set, TV, (BrE informal) telly, (BrE informal) the box
'Where's Mary?' 'Watching the telly.' ◎ What's on the box tonight?
- a television which shows pictures in colour: colour television/TV; a television which shows pictures in black and white: black and white television/TV
- what you see on your television: picture
a good/bad picture
- the quality of the pictures received on a television: reception (noun U)
Reception here is very poor.
- an individual who watches the television: viewer
- if you watch a programme, film, etc from beginning to end, you see* it; if you do not see a programme, you miss it
Did you see the news last night? ◎ I missed last night's episode.
- if you record a television programme onto a tape, you video it
If you can't watch it now, why not video it and watch it later?
※ more on video VIDEO
- when a picture is coming from a television set, it is on; opposite: off
Make sure the TV's off before you go to bed.
- one of the sets of programmes that you can choose to watch on television: channel, (especially AmE) station
Which channel do most people watch? ◎ There's an interesting programme on Channel 4 this evening. ◎ local TV stations

2 listening to the radio
- a piece of electrical equipment which receives sounds: radio (plural radios)
Have you got a radio? ◎ a car radio
- when sound is coming from a radio, it is on; opposite: off
Please leave the radio on so that I can get the next programme.
- when you want to hear a radio programme, you listen to it
Be quiet, I'm trying to listen to the news.
- a person who listens to the radio: listener
- a company or system that provides radio programmes: station
a local radio station
- a measurement of radio waves; this tells you where to find a particular station on the radio: frequency, wavelength
- a set of radio waves of similar length: band, waveband
the FM band
- frequencies are divided up into short wave, medium wave and long wave
broadcast on long wave ◎ a short-wave radio
- the part of a radio that you can adjust to pick up the signals that you want to receive: tuner
- if you adjust the controls of a radio so that you can receive a particular station, you tune in (to sth)
- the quality of the signals a radio receives: reception (noun U)
- the noise (which may be caused by bad weather or other radio stations) that prevents the clear reception of radio programmes: interference (noun U)
There's too much interference to hear exactly what they're saying.

3 controlling a television or radio
- to start a television or radio, you turn it on, switch it on, put* it on
- to stop a television or radio, you turn it off, switch it off, put* it off
- to change the channel or station, you switch (it) over (to sth), switch channels/stations
Do you mind if I switch over to Radio 3?
- to make the television or radio louder or quieter, you turn it up/down, (formal) adjust the volume
- to make the television picture darker or brighter, you adjust the brightness

4 television and radio programmes
- a show which you can watch on a television set or hear on the radio: programme (AmE program)
- the programmes that you can see on television: television (noun U), (informal) TV
He spends far too much time watching television. ◎ a TV addict
- programmes that you can hear on the radio: the radio (noun U)
to listen to the radio ◎ What's on the radio?
- a programme or person that can be seen on the television or heard on the radio is on
My favourite show isn't on any more.
- when a programme begins on the television or radio, it comes* on
The news comes on at nine o'clock.
- all the people who listen to a programme on the radio or watch a programme on television: audience
- if sth is broadcast at the same time as it actually happens, it is live (adjective, adverb)
a live appearance by the President ◎ This report is coming live from Moscow.
- a programme which has been shown before: repeat
- a piece of film which advertises sth during and in between other programmes: advertisement, commercial, (informal) ad, (BrE informal) advert
※ more on advertisements ADVERTISEMENT
- to introduce and give information about programmes: announce sth; a person who does this: announcer
- to introduce each part of a programme: present sth; a person who does this: presenter
- to organize the making of a programme: produce sth; a person who does this: producer
- to describe and explain an event that is happening: commentate (on sth); a person who does this: commentator
a football commentator
- a person who speaks regularly on the radio or television: broadcaster
a popular broadcaster
※—† news and weather
- a programme which shows the latest news regularly: the news; a short news report: (news) bulletin
- a person who reads the news: newsreader
- a programme which tells you what the weather will be like: weather forecast
- the person who presents a weather forecast: weatherman (plural weathermen), weathergirl, (formal) weather forecaster
※—† information and talk
- a programme (or part of one) which has a presenter who asks sb questions about their opinions, life, etc: interview; to ask questions in an interview: interview sb; a person who interviews sb: interviewer
- a programme which is made up of informal interviews with well-known people: chat show, (especially AmE) talk show; a person who asks the questions on a chat show: chat-show host, (especially AmE) talk-show host
- a programme which includes telephone calls from members of the public: phone-in (AmE call-in)
- a programme which gives facts and information about a particular subject: documentary
※—† stories and plays
- a number of programmes which have the same main characters and each tell a complete story: series (plural series); a series where the characters get into funny situations: situation comedy, (informal) sitcom
- a number of programmes which tell a single story in a number of parts over a period of time: serial; one part of a serial: episode
- a serial about the lives and problems of a particular group of people: soap opera, (informal) soap
※—† games
- a programme which has a presenter who organizes people in a game or competition: game show; a person who presents a game show: game-show host
- a programme which has people trying to answer questions so that they can win prizes: quiz show

5 broadcasting
- the system and business of producing television/radio programmes: television (noun U), radio (noun U)
She works in television.
- to send out television or radio programmes: broadcast* (sth); a programme which is sent out in this way: broadcast
The Olympics will be broadcast live by satellite. ◎ a party political broadcast
- the system of broadcasting which makes money by broadcasting advertisements: commercial television/radio (noun U)
- the equipment that sends out television or radio signals: transmitter
- a system which uses cables (= wires) to carry television programmes: cable television/TV (noun U)
You can get Spanish television on cable TV.
- a system which uses a satellite to send television pictures: satellite television/TV (noun U)
Have you got satellite TV?
- a kind of television system which operates inside a shop, bank or building, etc: closed-circuit television
- to show an event on television: televise sth
to televise a football match ◎ a televised performance
- television pictures are made with a television camera
- a room or building where television or radio programmes are usually made: studio (plural studios)
a television studio
- television, radio and newspapers are called the (mass) media (noun plural)
He tried to keep the story out of the media. ◎ the political power of the mass media
※—† MORE ...
- music that is regularly used to introduce a particular programme: signature tune
He switched the radio on just in time to hear the signature tune of his favourite programme.
- noises which are supposed to sound like the real thing (the wind, for example) in a programme: sound effects
- a system that provides news and other information in written form on television: teletext
- the official piece of paper that you must buy in Britain in order to receive television pictures legally: television/TV licence
- the cost of a television licence: licence fee