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1913 Wireless World Apr. p. xxxviii/1 It is possible to tune out one ship or station and tune in others.

1919 Wireless World May 105/2 Operators at the various Government wireless stations in and about town, who promptly ‘tuned in’ and listened.

1922 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. While listening-in on a Lincoln wireless company's apparatus..Mr. H. Mawer was successful in tuning in to an American broadcasting station.

1925 Scribner's Mag. July 46/1 With deft fingers the Cap'n tuned the symphony in—tuned it out a couple of times by mistake and finally brought it in closer and closer.

1929 S. W. Cheney Theatre xxiv. 536 A million or so people may..sit in their parlors and ‘tune in’ on a song by Al Jolson or a scene from Twelfth Night.

1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here v. 50 He tuned in on a program of old songs.

1936 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Ascent of F6 (1937) II. iii. 102 Turn off the wireless. Tune in to another station.

1956 R. M. Lester Towards Hereafter 18 This higher range of inspirational thought is constantly being radiated, and each one of us in his own capacity can tune into it.

1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range xii. 104 This was a simple enough task for the sub's frequency converters; if he wished, Franklin could tune in to any sounds from almost a million cycles a second down to vibrations as sluggish as the slow opening of an ancient, rusty door.

1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 12 Jan. (1970) 42 We tuned in on my TV appearance in ‘The Week That Was’.

1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 16 Dec. 30/3 The Indians when on a hunt think of anything but their quarry, as they believe that the hunted can ‘tune in’ on their thoughts.

1977 ‘J. Fraser’ Hearts Ease in Death vii. 61 You make it sound like a radio serial. Tune in next week for the latest episode.