On 22/03/2021 20:15, #Paul wrote:
> Axel Berger  wrote:
>> Not sure who "you" is in your answer. In this thread I'm exclusively
>> speaking about radio, i.e. the spoken word, while several others are
>> going on about music.
>
> I don't know about usage in Germany, but in (IME) in
> the UK, Australia, and NZ "radio" might mean any kind
> of radio broadcast of audio, whether of speech, music,
> weird experimental sound sculptures, etc; or combinations
> thereof.
>
> #Paul
>
Radio (or wireless!)  in the UK effectively means 'sound transmission by
radio waves'
If it's speech, it's colloquially known as 'talk radio'. Sometimes.




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