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call-in shows

call-in shows is the plural of call-in show.

Meaning of call-in show

Noun

call-in show (plural call-in shows)

  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
    Synonyms:
    phone-in show

Questions about call-in shows

What is call-in shows the plural of?
Call-in shows is the plural of call-in show.

Words near call-in shows in the dictionary

  1. Call-Fleming syndrome
  2. call-girl
  3. call-girls
  4. call-in
  5. call-in show
  6. call-in shows
  7. call-ins
  8. call-letter
  9. call-off
  10. call-offs
  11. call-out

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