web radion.
/ˌwɛb ˈreɪdɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌwɛb ˈreɪdioʊ/, /ˈwɛb ˌreɪdioʊ/ 1. U.S. Radio broadcasting networks regarded collectively, esp. as an industry. Cf. web n. 8b. Now rare.
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1936 Variety 27 May 35/3 Spot campaigns generally don't involve appropriations as big as funds for web radio, magazines, newspapers, etc.
1952 Billboard 9 Aug. 5/1 We even know one high-placed network executive who agrees with us that it's ridiculous to cut rates in web radio.
2. Audio programmes or channels which are made available online, typically using streaming; the activity or industry associated with this. Cf. internet radio n. at internet n. Compounds 3.Now the usual sense.
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1995 Business Wire (Nexis) 21 Aug. Cafe Slack..features..a six episode web-radio Toast Opera.
2003 Times 12 Dec. (T2 section) 11/2 The DP1500 DVD player..has a wireless broadband link for web radio, MP3 and video clips.
2012 J. L. Chapman in E. King & J. L. Chapman Readings in Journalism v. 74 In Germany, there was a dramatic increase in the number of radio stations following reunification, and more recently web radio has become popular.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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