Radio has given English plenty of technical terminology like ground wave, monopole and dipole, omnidirectional and direction finder. It is also the source of more user-friendly words like airtime, listenership, playlist, and plugola.

But we're more impressed by radio-born jargon that has become entrenched in the language of everyday life. Where would we be without words like dub and dead air, static and clock radio? What about commercial, soap opera, and situation comedy? Radio gave us all those words plus the phrases tune in and phone-in.

Finally, let's not forget that our drive times -- that is, those times during rush hour when radio audiences are swelled by commuters listening to car radios -- are made more enjoyable by newscasts and dj's.

The happiest time in my life is the time that I spend in a small on-air studio in middle o' nowhere Pennsylvania. Being a DJ was the greatest job I ever had. Thanks for bringing back some memories. Allow me to add a few more radio phrases to your list:

Feedback (argh!!)
Posting (that's where you talk right up until the lyrics of a song start)

and my least favorite radio jargon:
FCC regulations

How about the words antenna and vacuum tube?
No,wait. Antennae have been on bugs long before they were on automobile fenders.

How about "roger wilco"?

"Wilco" means "will comply". I think "roger" is code for "I read you" or something.

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