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daytimer

daytimer noun: an AM radio station that is only allowed to broadcast during the daytime.

Noun

daytimer (plural daytimers)

  1. (US) An AM radio station that is only allowed to broadcast during the daytime.
    • And, as you know, most of the black broadcasters and Mexican-American broadcasters and minority broadcasters in the United States have wound up with the dog stations in various markets, mainly daytimers. Very few of us are in the large markets […]1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications, The Communications Act of 1979: Hearings, page 339

Forms of daytimer

pluraldaytimers

Origin of daytimer

From daytime + -er.

Questions about daytimer

What does daytimer mean?
Daytimer means an AM radio station that is only allowed to broadcast during the daytime.
What part of speech is daytimer?
Daytimer is a noun.
What is the plural of daytimer?
The plural of daytimer is daytimers.

Words near daytimer in the dictionary

  1. daytalers
  2. daytime
  3. daytime drama
  4. daytime serial
  5. daytime serials
  6. daytimer
  7. daytimers
  8. daytimes
  9. Dayton
  10. Daytona
  11. Daytona Beach

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