newscastn.
/ˈnjuːzkɑːst/, /ˈnjuːzkast/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌkæst/ Originally and chiefly North American.
A radio or television broadcast of news reports.
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news bulletin1857
news summary1875
police message1886
newsflash1904
headline1908
play-by-play1909
feature1913
spot ad1916
magazine1921
news1923
time signal1923
outside broadcast1924
radiocast1924
amateur hour1925
bulletin1925
serial1926
commentary1927
rebroadcast1927
school broadcast1927
feature programme1928
trailer1928
hour1930
schools broadcast1930
show1930
spot advertisement1930
spot announcement1930
sustaining1931
flash1934
newscast1934
commercial1935
clambake1937
remote1937
repeat1937
snap1937
soap opera1939
sportcast1939
spot commercial1939
daytimer1940
magazine programme1941
season1942
soap1943
soaper1946
parade1947
public service announcement1948
simulcasting1949
breakfast-time television1952
call-in1952
talkathon1952
game show1953
kidvid1955
roundup1958
telenovela1961
opt-out1962
miniseries1963
simulcast1964
soapie1964
party political1966
novela1968
phone-in1968
sudser1968
schools programme1971
talk-in1971
God slot1972
roadshow1973
trail1973
drama-doc1977
informercial1980
infotainment1980
infomercial1981
kideo1983
talk-back1984
indie1988
omnibus1988
teleserye2000
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1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang xii. 169 Newscast,..a radio report of news.
1941 Canad. Forum Aug. 138/2 The Canadian newscasts have become more and more conformable to the publisher's dream of what they should be.
1948 Newsweek 16 Aug. 51/1 The bulk of the broadcast time is given over to so-called ‘hard news’—that is, straight newscasts of what is going on in the world and in the United States.
1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 30/4 When the CBC hits it lucky, nobody can beat its newscasts.
1992 Economist 24 Oct. 125 (advt.) Listen to legendary BBC newscasts—the best in the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
newscastv.
/ˈnjuːzkɑːst/, /ˈnjuːzkast/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌkæst/ Originally U.S. Now rare.
intransitive. To broadcast news on radio or television.
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society > communication > broadcasting > [verb (intransitive)] > broadcast news
newscast1928
1928 Time 24 Sept. 4 Time will newscast to ships on both the Pacific and Atlantic as soon as arrangements can be completed.
1934 M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang xii. 169 Newscast, to broadcast news by radio.
1939 Fortune Nov. 95/1 Transradio distributed its news by the device of ‘newscasting’ from its assembly point in New York.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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