broadcaster

/ˈbrɑdkæstər/

/ˈbrɔdkɑstə/

Other forms: broadcasters

A person whose job involves speaking on television, the radio, or online is a broadcaster. Your favorite TV meteorologist is a broadcaster, and so is the DJ with the jazz show your grandpa loves.

A broadcaster is someone who broadcasts, or transmits information. This can mean reading the evening news for an internet streaming station or narrating a high school basketball game for a local radio station. Another meaning of broadcast is "scatter seed widely," and for a farmer, a broadcaster is a machine (or person) that does the job. The seed meaning is older; the media definition comes from the idea of spreading information widely.

Definitions of broadcaster

1. noun

   one that transmits messages on radio or television
   types:

   announcer

   reads news, commercials on radio or television

   broadcast journalist

   a journalist who broadcasts on radio or television

   deejay, disc jockey, disk jockey, dj

   a person who announces and plays popular recorded music

   telecaster

   a television broadcaster

   newscaster

   someone who broadcasts the news

   radio announcer

   an announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio

   sports announcer, sports commentator, sportscaster

   an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events

   television announcer, tv announcer

   an announcer on television

   type of:

   communicator

   a person who communicates with others
2. noun

   a mechanical device for scattering something, such as seed, fertilizer, or sand, in all directions
   synonyms: spreader

   type of:

   mechanical device

   mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles