Shops aired dismally romantic pieces of music (10)
I believe the answer is:
rhapsodies
'pieces of music' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'shops aired dismally romantic' is the wordplay.
'shops aired' anagrams to 'RHAPSODIES'.
However, I am not clear how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for rhapsodies that I've seen is " poems?".)