radioland

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From radio +‎ -land.

Noun

radioland (uncountable)

  1. (radio, broadcasting) The radio broadcasting industry.
    • 1998 September 19, Glenn Collins, “A Little Town and the Big Top; After Months of Traveling, Circus Settles in New Home”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      The circus people might be a bit odd, but any discomfort along those lines tends to pale against being known in radioland as New York's version of Dogpatch.
  2. (radio, broadcasting) The notional place where an audience is listening to a radio program.
    • 1985, Gloria Vanderbilt, Once Upon a Time: A True Story, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 135:
      Hello, all my friends out there in Radioland—this is your friend Melba Melsing, here to sing melodious melodies from faraway lands just for you. . . .
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