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phone-in|ˈfəʊnɪn|
[f. phr. to phone in, f. phone v. + in adv.; for sense 1 see also -in3.]
1. A protest in the form of mass telephone calls of complaint.
1967New Statesman 17 Mar. 356/3 In San Francisco..Mrs. Whitehouse has perfected the phone-in. 1973Times 8 Feb. 6/1 Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft plans to join a massive ‘phone-in’..aimed at jamming the switchboard of the Department of the Environment.
2. A ‘live broadcast’ radio or television programme during which listeners telephone the studios to ask questions or express their views. Also, this type of broadcasting. Also attrib.
1968Time 29 Mar. 16 He proposed reducing transit fares for San Franciscans over 65 to 5¢ and, on a subsequent TV ‘phone-in’, said he would try to get buses closer to the curb at pickup. 1971Listener 30 Dec. 915 One of the most exciting potentials this year has been the phone-in. 1972Guardian 13 Mar. 11/2 Duke Miller of St. Petersburg asked him on a phone-in show..how voters were expected to forgive him for his part in the escalation of the war. 1974Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 13/1 The arrival of phone-in conveniently coincided with the fashion for public ‘participation and access’ in broadcasting. Ibid. 11 Feb. 5/5 There will be a daily 55-minute ‘phone-in’ on Radio 4 to 13 leading figures from the main Parties. 1977B. Pym Quartet in Autumn xiv. 118 Listening to a phone-in programme on the radio she had heard a question about holidays for people on their own. |