stay tuned
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Etymology edit
From the operation of dial-tuned radio receivers.
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Verb edit
stay tuned (third-person singular simple present stays tuned, present participle staying tuned, simple past and past participle stayed tuned)
- (idiomatic) To remain as a listener or viewer of the particular radio station or television channel to which one is currently paying attention.
- 1966 January 28, “Nigeria: The Men of Sandhurst”, in Time:
- Alerting Nigeria to stay tuned for an important announcement, the government radio station canceled its regular programs.
- 2002 January 9, Bill Carter, “A Contract Dispute Keeps NBC Viewers Waiting for Naught”, in New York Times, retrieved 5 November 2012:
- NBC had spent weeks promoting Mr. Daly's new show, and had even commissioned a special original edition of Conan O'Brien's Late Night show . . . to give Mr. Daly's show the best possible lead-in. During his show, Mr. O'Brien twice urged viewers to stay tuned for Mr. Daly.
- (idiomatic, by extension, often as imperative) To wait or remain alert (for new developments or for further information).
- 1991 October 7, “Critics' Voices: Movies”, in Time:
- [W]riter-director Sean Penn has found a stark camera style that ignites behavioral sparks. Stay tuned; this kid has talent.
- 2003 September 27, David M. Herszenhorn, “Behind Makeover of Schools, A Bookish 'Kid From Queens'”, in New York Times, retrieved 5 November 2012:
- “Stay tuned on the issues of overcrowding, capital plan, new schools, secondary reform, middle school reform; these are all critical issues,” Mr. Klein said.
- 2008 Dec. 10, Luke Plunkett, "Star Wars Old Republic MMO To Be ‘Microtransaction-Based’," kotaku.com (Australia) (retrieved 5 Nov 2012):
- Riccitiello also said that more on the game’s payment structure will be revealed in February, so I guess we’ll all be staying tuned.
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to remain as a listener or viewer of the particular radio station or television channel to which one is currently paying attention
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