radio shows

Wireless entertainment programming

Radio shows are programs broadcast over radio, encompassing entertainment, news, music, drama, and talk formats.

The term evokes an earlier era when families gathered around the radio for serialized dramas, comedies, and variety programs: My grandmother still talks about the radio shows she listened to as a child.

Though largely supplanted by television and podcasts, radio shows persist in talk radio, public broadcasting, and internet streaming.

Opposites
broadcast medium

radio showstelevision programs

Broadcast video content

TV shows · films · movies · silent films · visual media

content distribution model

radio showspodcasts

Episodic digital audio programs

streaming audio · streaming content · audiobooks

Family

radio, shows

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G