Jockless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Jockless is an adjective meaning (radio) Without a live disc jockey or host.
Meaning
(radio) Without a live disc jockey or host.
Example Sentences
Then CBS fired them outright this summer as part of a national purge. The station now features a bland, jockless eighties-heavy playlist.
Unfortunately, there is now a trend for large station conglomerates to run “jockless” stations—music preprogrammed and run by computer with only a single person providing station-imaging announcements.
When a station voice-tracks or employs a jukebox format like Jack or Bob or John or any of the dozen or so jockless formats now popular in the industry, it strips the one thing that radio has over the alternative digital formats... it strips away the personality.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stationless, jackless, radioless, speakerless, hostless, showless.
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