pretelevision
English
Etymology
From pre- + television.
Adjective
pretelevision (not comparable)
- Before the introduction of television.
- Synonym: pretelevisual
- 1989, Bob Schulberg, Radio Advertising: The Authoritative Handbook[1], page 57:
- Almost all of the memorable pretelevision radio programming was provided by one of the major radio networks.
- 2012, David Halberstam, The Breaks of the Game[2], →ISBN:
- Few of these owners had been around in the pretelevision days.