Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in a format such that listeners or viewers are invited to have their phone conversations with the host or guests on a show broadcast to other listeners.
- noun A viewer's or listener's phone conversation with or phone call to the host of such a show.
- noun A viewer or listener making such a call.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a radio programme In which members of the public
telephone thestudio and talklive to thepresenter . - noun Such a
radio programme - noun Such a
call - noun Such a
caller
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program
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Examples
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I think he finally went off around 8 PM, just when the night show, a tech call-in, began.
Francine Hardaway: Death, Steve Jobs and Social Media Francine Hardaway 2011
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I think he finally went off around 8 PM, just when the night show, a tech call-in, began.
Francine Hardaway: Death, Steve Jobs and Social Media Francine Hardaway 2011
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Sheen's media blitz Monday also included a 40-minute interview from his backyard with celebrity website TMZ, a call-in to Fox Sports Radio's Loose Cannons program and a surprise stop at CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, on which Sheen said he's on a quest to claim absolute victory across the board on every front in this whole mess.
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Chris Christie, on a radio call-in show in Philadelphia, was asked again this week if he's tired of being asked if he'll run for president.
It's Off to the Races Peggy Noonan 2011
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That would at least explain his most recent flip-flop: during a call-in interview on Monday's Fox & Friends, Trump revealed that, despite indicating otherwise, he still may run for president in 2012.
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Sheen's media blitz Monday also included a 40-minute interview from his backyard with celebrity website TMZ, a call-in to Fox Sports Radio's Loose Cannons program and a surprise stop at CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, on which Sheen said he's on a quest to claim absolute victory across the board on every front in this whole mess.
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But before, when I was in Kansas, I would listen to Christian call-in stations because it was all I could get on the radio.
David Sedaris, sharing his slights-of-life tales Monica Hesse 2010
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It's what Dr. Laura would say if she had a call-in show devoted to academic economists.
Tyler: A Plague on Both Your Houses, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But before, when I was in Kansas, I would listen to Christian call-in stations because it was all I could get on the radio.
David Sedaris, sharing his slights-of-life tales Monica Hesse 2010
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Although I was a call-in guest on the same show, he casually reduced my work to the “notion that Obama uses the word eyes a lot.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
bilby commented on the word call-in
"A Washington call-in would work even better by phoning direct to homes of the big boys. For starters you can call collect the following*:
* Richard M. Nixon - El Presidente - (202) 456-1444
* Spiro T. Agnew - El Toro - (202) 265-2000 ext. 6400
* John N. Mitchell - El Butcher - (202) 965-2900
* Melvin R. Laird - El Defendo - (301) 652-4449
* Henry A. Kissinger - El Exigente - (202) 337-0042
* William P. Rogers - El Crapper - (301) 654-7125
* General Earl G. Wheeler - El Joint Bosso - (703) 527-6119
* General William C. Westmoreland - El Pollutoni - (703) 527-6999
* Richard M. Helms - El Assassin - (301) 652-4122
* John N. Chafee-El Sinko Swimmi-(703) 536-5411"
- Abbie Hoffman, 'Steal This Book', 1971.
February 18, 2009