The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - radio n.

1) receiver, portable (radio) , Old-fashioned crystal set, Brit and US old-fashioned wireless, Colloq transistor, Slang ghetto-blaster, Brit tranny or trannie, US boom box: He listens to BBC World Service on his short-wave radio. --v. 2) transmit, broadcast, air, disseminate, announce, present: Weather reports are radioed continuously to ships at sea and aircraft.