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Dictionary: news·cast   (nūz'kăst', nyūz'-) pronunciation
n.
A radio or television broadcast of the news.

[NEWS + (BROAD)CAST.]

newscaster news'cast'er n.

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Radio or television broadcast of news events. News gathering and broadcasting by the radio networks began in the mid-1930s and increased significantly during World War II. The television newscast began in 1948 with 15-minute programs that resembled movie newsreels. The current U.S. format employs a newscaster or anchorperson reading news stories, with interpolated audiotape (for radio) or videotape (for television) and live reports from remote journalists. Noted newscasters have included Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and David Brinkley.

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IN BRIEF: A radio or television program of current events.

pronunciation They listened to each newscast hoping for more information about the earthquake.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a broadcast of news


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nyhedsudsendelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
nieuws uitzending

Français (French)
n. - (US, Radio, TV) bulletin d'information

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachrichten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκπομπή δελτίου ειδήσεων, δελτίο ειδήσεων

Italiano (Italian)
notiziario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - noticiário (m) radiofônico ou televisionado

Русский (Russian)
сводка новостей

Español (Spanish)
n. - noticiario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyhetsprogram

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
新闻广播

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 新聞廣播

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뉴스방송

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ニュース放送

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نشرة الاخبار ( في الراديو او التلفزيون)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שידור חדשות‬


 
 
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