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  • noun Alternative spelling of drive time.

Etymologies

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drive +‎ time

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Examples

  • As it was, I was starting to look very hard at my playlist and figure out what had to go, since my drivetime is about the only time I have during the week in which to listen, and more and more podcasts are starting up.

    Audioblog for Sept 10, 2004 2004

  • As a country-folk songwriter with a bit of rust and regret in her voice, she has her moments, but she's equally capable of the kind of drivetime blandness that endeared Sheryl Crow toAmerica's AOR radio programmers.

    Lissie: Catching a Tiger 2010

  • For the corporation's breakfast and "drivetime" shows, presenters 'salaries accounted for around three quarters of the total staff costs.

    icNewcastle 2009

  • For breakfast and "drivetime" shows, presenters 'salaries accounted for around three quarters of staff costs.

    The Daily Record - Home 2009

  • Tom Scudamore hosted the "drivetime" show in the evening.

    unknown title 2009

  • ✒With more 5 Live shows moving out of London to Salford – the drivetime programme is due to arrive at BBC North this week, joining Tony Livesey and Stephen Nolan – thoughts inevitably turn to the tricky challenge of dealing with guests reluctant to leave the capital.

    Media Monkey's Diary 2011

  • • Hats off to BBC Radio Nottingham's drivetime presenter Alan Clifford, one of the few to date to ask Nick Clegg if his views on the riots are informed at all by his own unhappy experience, when he was 16 and on a school exchange trip, involving too much German beer, "the leading collection of cactus in Germany" and a match.

    Esther Addley's diary 2011

  • Radio 5 Live presenter will take over Radio 2 drivetime show when Evans replaces Wogan, but continue film show.

    Jacqui Smith explores the world of porn for 5 Live 2011

  • For every listener who says Peter Allen's drivetime show is the best on the station, there is another who'll tell you our sports entertainment show Fighting Talk with Colin Murray is a must-listen.

    Radio 5 Live's audience appreciates our unique mixture of light and shade 2011

  • Noah and the Whale Tonight's the Kind of Night Last time out, Noah and the Whale were mopey nu-folkies, but their new album marks an abrupt shift to 80s-styled drivetime rock.

    F&M playlist 2011

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