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radio drama

UK/ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ dɹɑːmə/US/ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ dɹɑmə/

radio drama noun: a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.

Noun

radio drama (usually uncountable, plural radio dramas)

  1. (usually) A dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.
    • STREAMING AUDIO & VIDEO: Including our live "Seeing Ear Theatre" radio drama staring Walter Koenig, classic SF & horror movies, Orson Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast, episodes of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, Alien Voices, readings by Greg Bear, Sam Delany, Bruce Sterling & K.W. Jeter...1992 October 28, The Dominion Feedback <feedback@www.scifi.com>, “Third Annual Online SF Con - Oct. 30 thru Nov. 1”, in rec.arts.sf.announce (Usenet), message-ID...
    • Before the advent of television, radio drama had a huge popular audience and dominated much of the broadcast schedule.2002, L. A. Heberlein, The Rough Guide to Internet Radio, →ISBN, page 299
    Synonyms:
    audio play, audio theater, dramatized audiobook, radio play, radio theater

Synonyms of radio drama

Forms of radio drama

pluralradio dramas

Questions about radio drama

What does radio drama mean?
Radio drama means a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.
What part of speech is radio drama?
Radio drama is a noun.
How do you pronounce radio drama?
Radio drama is pronounced /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ dɹɑːmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of radio drama?
The plural of radio drama is radio dramas.

Words near radio drama in the dictionary

  1. radio compass
  2. radio compasses
  3. radio control
  4. radio direction finder
  5. radio direction finders
  6. radio drama
  7. radio dramas
  8. radio edit
  9. radio edits
  10. radio energies
  11. radio energy

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