phone-in

See also: phone in

English

Etymology

Deverbal from phone in.

Noun

phone-in (plural phone-ins)

  1. (broadcasting) A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
    Coordinate term: phone-out
  2. A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
    • 1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.

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