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call-in show en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. In television or radio programming, a type of talk show in which a host and one or more guests sometimes converse with members of the listening or viewing audience who telephone the show while the program is being broadcast.
    • Billed as "the first and only" nationwide call-in show," it invites listeners to "call collect from anywhere in North America to have a heart-to-heart squawk." 1969 April 6, Beatrice Berg, “Let's Not Burn, Baby, Burn, Let's Talk, Baby, Talk”, in New York Times, page D19:

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Relateds

broadcast delay · chat show

Synonyms

phone-in show