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[rey-dee-oh] / ˈreɪ diˌoʊ /


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Despite being Texas-raised and Arkansas-educated, Smith Jr. became synonymous with San Diego by spending the rest of his life in the sunny SoCal city as a sportscaster, radio host and big-hearted, larger-than-life personality.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

He didn’t like composing radio hooks or fronting a traditional band.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

"The millimeter and submillimeter radio bands remain almost completely unexplored for SETI, so this is really about opening up a new area of parameter space to search."

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

"It's very unusual. I had no warnings on the VHF radio or saw any flags indicating what was about to happen."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

He had abandoned it and was trying to reach a group of people who he had overheard on his truck’s CB radio.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Hichwa was working, while in school, for a defense company, building military-grade radios.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Heads of kindergartens are given specialized crisis training and emergency supplies with radios, first-aid kits and portable stoves.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Rubinstein remembers how people who were fond of cross-country skiing – a very popular pastime in winter in Russia – used to take their radios with them out of town, where there were fewer jammers.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

The road's too far away to hear car radios no matter how loud they are.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

“We’ve had a fire in the cabin; it was a mobile phone that scorched the inside of the cabin,” a pilot on board the BA flight radioed to air-traffic controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Antonelli was closing at such a pace that a win seemed inevitable, but then he radioed that something was wrong with his car and he couldn't steer.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Minutes earlier, the pilot radioed in to staff at the tower, SoCal Approach, asking if a drone was near that location.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

While it’s normal for many passers to make audible adjustments based on what a coordinator has radioed in from the booth, McDaniels expects a higher degree of analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

"Commander," Martinez radioed, "we're tilting 11.6 degrees. One good gust and we're tipping."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

About 15 minutes after the collision, the controller is still on duty, radioing to a Frontier pilot lined up for the same runway.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

"As soon as I stepped my foot over the threshold of the door, they were radioing each other and they all surrounded me and were like 'you need to leave the store'," she said.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2025

Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."

From Reuters Mar. 2, 2023

I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.

From Washington Post Oct. 2, 2022

The only thing happening was a lot of radioing between mission control and the astronauts.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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