phone-in
Broadcast listener contribution
A phone-in is a radio or television program where listeners or viewers call to participate, typically to voice opinions, ask questions, or vote: The morning phone-in was flooded with angry callers.
As an adjective, it describes something done remotely by telephone: a phone-in poll, phone-in voting.
To phone it in (separately) means to perform with minimal effort.
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- callerOne who phones
- talkbackInsolent response
- listenerOne who attends aurally
- hostOne receiving guests
switchboard · airtime · live · studio · audience · dial-in · hotline · segment
Gathering of opinions
- voteFormal choice expression
- viewerOne who observes visually
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- contestOrganized competitive event
result · elimination · audience · text · ballot · tally · competition · interactive
Avoiding effort or exertion
- halfheartedLacking sincere commitment
- perfunctoryDone with minimal effort
- coastingMoving without active effort
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
lackluster · sloppy · careless · effortless · disengaged · apathetic · unmotivated · slacking
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
host · switchboard · airtime · live · studio · audience · dial-in · hotline · segment · producer
poll
Gathering of opinions
- voteFormal choice expression
- viewerOne who observes visually
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
contest · result · elimination · audience · text · ballot · tally · competition · interactive · live
lazy
Avoiding effort or exertion
- halfheartedLacking sincere commitment
- perfunctoryDone with minimal effort
- coastingMoving without active effort
uninspired · lackluster · sloppy · careless · effortless · disengaged · apathetic · unmotivated · slacking · mediocre
- talk radiotalk radio, call-in show, caller, open line, host
- talk showstalk shows, late night, late-night, guest host, panel show
phone-inin-person
Actually there, bodily
live audience · on-site · face-to-face · on-location · in-house
phone-inpre-recorded
Captured beforehand for playback
studio production · panel discussion · monologue · talk show
phone, telephone, microphone, megaphone, headphone, phonetics, phonograph, phonetic, earphone