radio

In 1978, a Clearwater, Fla., radio station accepted 112 electric can openers from an advertiser who could not afford to pay for commercial time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

After making her debut as child star on BBC wartime radio in 1942, Clark's career took many turns.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Last year, a series of radar and radio outages caused travel chaos at Newark, rattling controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Marlowe said she is "thrilled to be joining the Radio 1 family" and hopes to "captivate your ears, not so much your eyes due to it being radio".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

She slept a lot, listened to the radio, and she read books, lots of books.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Both cars and phones include mobile phone radios, satellite location chips, short-range wireless activity and sophisticated software," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

In her closet, Renata kept a plastic bucket of discarded stuff—old switches and dials and buttons; the insides of broken radios and electronic games.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan

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

When the time came, America’s forces radioed the ship, guiding it on its journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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

“We need to dump some fuel, we are too heavy,” the pilot of Kuwait Airways flight 117 to New York radioed to controllers shortly after the first U.S. strikes hit Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

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

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

One Indian seafarer has been radioing to say his ship is out of provisions and fresh water, with two crew members in critical condition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

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

Prosecutors criticized Potter for not immediately radioing in what happened at the traffic stop.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021

So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac