Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dog station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: dog s-ta-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A minor television or radio station with little chance to succeed.

Example Sentences

"Again, available evidence indicates that fewer than one percent of all radio and television properties are controlled by minority persons. […] Minority owners claim that only the so called "dog" stations are offered to them."
"And, as you know, most of the black broadcasters and Mexican-American broadcasters and minority broadcasters in the United States have wound up with the dog stations in various markets, mainly daytimers. Very few of us are in the large markets […]"

Inflected Forms

dog stations (plural)

Questions

What does dog station mean?: A minor television or radio station with little chance to succeed.

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