Meanings
nounnews wheel (plural news wheels)
plural news wheels
- broadcastingA news broadcast that is regularly repeated with the latest updates.
So we're competing with a somewhat different product — news programming as opposed to news wheels.
2023, Johnston Carla Brooks, Winning the Global TV News Game1 more example
The demands of filling a news wheel don't leave much time for anything else. The differences between radio and television also dictate what kind of information the producer wants to use.
2005, Brad Schultz, Broadcast News Producing, page 127
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