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►Climate change a danger or hoax?
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-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
This week's word in the news: SIMULCAST
DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 02/23/2026
