phone-in

See also: phone in

English

Etymology

Deverbal from phone in.

Noun

phone-in (plural phone-ins)

1. (broadcasting) A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.

   Coordinate term: phone-out

2. A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
   • 1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.

Translations

show

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