Meaning & use
broadcasting booth
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Meaning
nouncountable
a small room or enclosed space from which people speak or present programs for radio or television
Grammar: Countable: one booth, two booths. Often used with 'in' or 'from'.
Patterns
- in a broadcasting booth
- from the broadcasting booth
- a broadcasting booth at something
The commentators called the game from a broadcasting booth high above the field.
She works in a broadcasting booth at the radio station, reading the morning news.
The new stadium has several broadcasting booths for different TV networks.
Word forms
| plural | broadcasting booths |
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Common combinations
- at the broadcasting booth
- We met the reporter at the broadcasting booth before the match.
- from the broadcasting booth
- You can hear the crowd noise from the broadcasting booth.
- a broadcasting booth overlooking the field
- They built a broadcasting booth overlooking the field.
Synonyms and how they differ
- press box
- A press box is usually for written journalists, while a broadcasting booth is for people speaking on air.
- announcer's booth
- This is a more specific term for the booth used by an announcer, often at a sports event.
- studio
- A studio is a general room for recording or broadcasting, not necessarily a small booth at an event.
Word family
- broadcast verb
- to send out a program by radio or television
- broadcaster noun
- a person or company that sends out radio or TV programs
- broadcasting noun
- the business or activity of sending out radio or TV programs
Commonly confused: broadcasting booth or broadcasting studio?
broadcasting booth vs broadcasting studio
A broadcasting studio is a room in a building where programs are made; a broadcasting booth is often a small temporary or permanent space at an event.
Practice
The tennis match was described by two commentators sitting in a small ______ above the court.
Choose one answer.
A broadcasting booth is the small space where commentators speak during an event. A broadcasting studio is a room in a building, not usually at a sports court. A press conference is a meeting with journalists, and a broadcast tower sends signals, not a place for people to sit.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “broadcasting booth”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.