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See also: phone in
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (broadcasting) A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
- Coordinate term: phone-out
- 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.
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