radio

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ car

▪

He was singing along with the car radio.

▪ CB, hand-held, portable, transistor, two-way

▪ clock

▪

According to my clock radio it was 3.30 in the morning.

▪ FM, long-wave, short-wave

▪ digital, Internet, satellite, terrestrial (esp. AmE)

▪ army, police

▪ community, local, national, state

▪ commercial, public (esp. AmE)

▪ pirate

▪ drive-time, talk

VERB + RADIO

▪ listen to, tune in to

▪ tune

▪

His radio is permanently tuned to Radio 1.

▪ switch on, turn on

▪ switch off, turn off

▪ turn down, turn up

RADIO + VERB

▪ announce sth, report sth

▪

The radio announced that the president had been assassinated.

▪ play (sth)

▪ blare, blare out, blast, blast out

▪

He drove along with his windows open and the radio blaring.

▪ crackle

RADIO + NOUN

▪ alarm

▪ receiver, set

▪ dial

▪ signal, waves

▪ communication, contact, message

▪ operator

▪ system

▪ antenna, transmitter

▪ silence

▪

The troops maintained a strict radio silence while they moved into position.

▪ static

▪

A crackle of radio static came back through the earpiece.

▪ broadcaster, network, station

▪

the largest radio broadcaster in the US

▪ broadcast, programme/program, show, spot (esp. AmE), transmission

▪ ad, advertisement, interview, news, report, talk show (esp. AmE)

▪ announcer, DJ, host (esp. AmE), personality, reporter

▪ listener

▪ airplay

▪

The song is currently getting heavy radio airplay.

▪ frequency

▪ amateur, ham

▪

The distress call was picked up by a young radio ham.

▪ chatter

▪

It was fascinating to listen to the radio chatter from the ships.

▪ drama, play

▪ astronomy, telescope

PREPOSITION

▪ by radio

▪

The message was sent by radio.

▪ on the radio

▪

We were listening to a show on the radio.