back announcement

noun

Synonym of back announce; outro.

Meanings

nounback announcement (plural back announcements)

plural back announcements · alternative back-announcement

  1. Synonym of back announce; outro.

    Listeners will want to know title and artist, but vary the way and place you give this information. Sometimes in the pre-announcement, Sometimes in the back announcement.

    1982, Howard Gough, The Radio programme: planning, producing, presenting, page 28
    2 more examples

    Every programme needs a "front announcement" introducing it and a "back announcement" telling the listener who took part, what publications accompany the course and so on.

    1979, The Incorporated Linguist

    Somehow only the back announcement was handed to those responsible for transmission, so off it went, on air, throughout the land, twelve seconds of meaningless piffle, faithfully transmitted to all corners of Australia again and again and again.

    1985, Overland - Volumes 98-101, page 28

    Synonyms: back announce

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of back announce; outro.

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