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Sendepause

broadcasting gap; off-air period

noun ZEN-deh-pow-zeh Rare
Communication Media

Also means

sign-off period (radio/TV)

Usage Note

Sendepause originally described the gap between late-night sign-off and the next morning's broadcast, when screens showed a test card. Today it metaphorically describes any interruption in a regular broadcast or publishing schedule. Politicians who go quiet on an issue are sometimes said to have a Sendepause.

Examples

"Nach dem Skandal hielt die Partei eine monatelange politische Sendepause ein."

Natural Translation

After the scandal the party maintained a months-long political silence.

Literal Translation

After the scandal held the party a months-long political broadcasting-gap in.

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