A Russian word describing radio and television

Question

I know there is a word in Russian that describes all the print media — пресса. Is there any word in Russian that would describe only radio and television?

Answer 1

There's also the noun эфир (lit. ‘ether’), which can be used to refer to both radio and TV (including Internet video streams). В эфире means ‘on air’, в прямом эфире is for ‘live on air’, and you can say something like:

Его жестоко ругали и в прессе, и в эфире

‘He has been harshly criticized in the press as well as on air’

Answer 2

I don't know any word or phrase that specifically describes radio and television. The more general term for all the media is

средства массовой информации (or simply СМИ, pronounsed /smi/ rather than /es-em-i/)

Things that pertain to radio and TV are usually called using something like "радио и телевидение" . E.g.

Музей телевидения и радио

Институт телевидения и радиовещания.

The closest thing that I can think of is broadcast, which would be translated to Russian as

вещание

Or, if you want to be more specific about it:

теле- и радиовещание.

Answer 3

You can use "эфирные медиа" or "эфирные сми" but it is not a widespread phrase.

Answer 4

МАСС-МЕДИА неизм.; ж. Средства массовой информации (пресса, телевидение, радио и т.п.). Западная, отечественная м.

Answer 5

A widespread term — электронные СМИ, which includes TV, radio and internet media.