radioland

[ rey-dee-oh-land ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.

Word History and Origins

Origin of radioland¹

radio + -land

Example Sentences

Genesis told the court in a filing last year that it that it was merely accused of being “a distributor of radio programs — the radioland equivalent of the paperboy — not the author, not the publisher, not the broadcaster.”

From New York Times

Genesis told the court in a filing last year that it that it was merely accused of being “a distributor of radio programs — the radioland equivalent of the paperboy — not the author, not the publisher, not the broadcaster.”

From New York Times

And now that the curtain has fallen, it’s worth taking one last trip to Rush’s radioland, to celebrate that we never have to go there again, to understand why we will never truly leave it behind.

From Slate

He presented simplistic demi-arguments that could be easily ingested by even the dimmest denizens of radioland, and he did so with a malevolent glee that was often mistaken for good humor by those who were not his targets.

From Slate

Radioland: From indie darlings like Lucy Dacus and Neko Case to Cardi B and Black Panther, music critic Carl Wilson runs down his best albums of the year and offers bonus “hear also” picks you’ll want to check out if you like what’s on his list.

From Slate