nemo

Acronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead.

Adjective

  1. Acronym of not emanating from main office, i.e. broadcast from some remote location instead.
    • In New York City alone, there are nearly three dozen of these "nemo" points from which speeches, music, and entertainment are broadcast regularly. - 1929, Popular Science, volume 115, number 4, page 153:
    • All "nemo" broadcasting, except entirely musical, would be abandoned. Stations would not risk broadcasting anything arising outside the studio, as there would be no editorial or censorship power. - 1935, Alison Reppy,...