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microradio

microradio noun: the use of low-power community-based noncommercial FM radio stations broadcasting to a range of approximately 10 miles or less.

Noun

microradio (uncountable)

  1. (US) The use of low-power community-based noncommercial FM radio stations broadcasting to a range of approximately 10 miles or less.
    • Attendees at Pearl Jam concerts are encouraged to tune to the station before and after the show, and fans who were unable to get or afford concert tickets can still hear Pearl Jam concerts over the microradio station.1999, Lawrence C. Soley, Free Radio: Electronic Civil Disobedience, page 104
    • The microradio advocates argue that the U.S. Constitution allows the federal government to regulate interstate commerce and it can make treatise with other nations, but the federal government cannot interfere in this right of people to communicate at a local level.2000, Carla B. Johnston, Screened Out: How the Media Control Us and What We Can Do About it, →ISBN

Origin of microradio

From micro- + radio.

Questions about microradio

What does microradio mean?
Microradio means the use of low-power community-based noncommercial FM radio stations broadcasting to a range of approximately 10 miles or less.
What part of speech is microradio?
Microradio is a noun.

Words near microradio in the dictionary

  1. microquasar
  2. microquasars
  3. microrad
  4. microradian
  5. microradians
  6. microradio
  7. microradiogram
  8. microradiograms
  9. microradiograph
  10. microradiographed
  11. microradiographic

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