📻

Radio Emoji 📻

What 📻 means

An analog radio designed with a box-like yellowish structure with a smaller rectangle with lined details within, a pair of knobs above it, a frequency detector in between, and a handle and an antenna at the top.

The 📻 Radio emoji represents a mode of broadcast communication and information. Besides music, this emoji could also signify entertainment in other forms such as quizzes, interviews, comedy, etc.

How and when to use it

A radio is an essential mode of public education and information that's transferred auditorily. So, if you're referring to something that fits this description, use 📻 - "Ah. Too bad. We've all heard all about it 📻".
If you're asking someone to turn up the news or 'listen to the news' use 📻 as it would be a clear indication of the medium you're referring to.
If you're referring something/someone to a 'broken record', feel free to use 📻. Like, "Oh, he's a broken record 📻. Don't worry about him".
If you're using 'tune' in any context, 📻 would be the perfect emoji. For instance, "Tune in to our channel for the latest news 📻" or "I think you're a little out of tune with your own emotions 📻 Why don't you do yourself a teenie tiny favour and tune in?".
📻 could be a reference to any type of radio; a boombox, a digital radio, FM, anything. Similarly, it could also be used to refer to any aspect of radio; radio frequencies, radio jockeying, etc.
You could also use 📻 as one of the emojis while referring to the 'media' at large. It can be informative content, quotes, a picture from a media house, etc.

Other Names

📻 Analog Radio
📻 Digital Radio
📻 Wireless
📻 Radio Transmission
📻 Radio Frequency
📻 Boombox
📻 Radio-Telegraphy

The lowdown

Category: Objects › music
Codepoints: U+1F4FB
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :radio:
Keywords: entertainment, radio, tbt, video

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.