diff --git a/parsl/executors/base.py b/parsl/executors/base.py
index b00aa55680..941f392e9f 100644
--- a/parsl/executors/base.py
+++ b/parsl/executors/base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from typing_extensions import Literal, Self
 
-from parsl.monitoring.radios import MonitoringRadio
+from parsl.monitoring.radios import MonitoringRadioSender
 
 
 class ParslExecutor(metaclass=ABCMeta):
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         hub_address: Optional[str] = None,
         hub_zmq_port: Optional[int] = None,
-        monitoring_radio: Optional[MonitoringRadio] = None,
+        monitoring_radio: Optional[MonitoringRadioSender] = None,
         run_dir: str = ".",
         run_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ def hub_zmq_port(self, value: Optional[int]) -> None:
         self._hub_zmq_port = value
 
     @property
-    def monitoring_radio(self) -> Optional[MonitoringRadio]:
+    def monitoring_radio(self) -> Optional[MonitoringRadioSender]:
         """Local radio for sending monitoring messages
         """
         return self._monitoring_radio
 
     @monitoring_radio.setter
-    def monitoring_radio(self, value: Optional[MonitoringRadio]) -> None:
+    def monitoring_radio(self, value: Optional[MonitoringRadioSender]) -> None:
         self._monitoring_radio = value
diff --git a/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py b/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
index 8e4770a32a..14b0506b17 100644
--- a/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
+++ b/parsl/monitoring/monitoring.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from parsl.log_utils import set_file_logger
 from parsl.monitoring.message_type import MessageType
-from parsl.monitoring.radios import MultiprocessingQueueRadio
+from parsl.monitoring.radios import MultiprocessingQueueRadioSender
 from parsl.monitoring.router import router_starter
 from parsl.monitoring.types import AddressedMonitoringMessage
 from parsl.multiprocessing import ForkProcess, SizedQueue
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def start(self, run_id: str, dfk_run_dir: str, config_run_dir: Union[str, os.Pat
         self.filesystem_proc.start()
         logger.info(f"Started filesystem radio receiver process {self.filesystem_proc.pid}")
 
-        self.radio = MultiprocessingQueueRadio(self.block_msgs)
+        self.radio = MultiprocessingQueueRadioSender(self.block_msgs)
 
         try:
             comm_q_result = comm_q.get(block=True, timeout=120)
diff --git a/parsl/monitoring/radios.py b/parsl/monitoring/radios.py
index 070869bdba..6c77fd37b1 100644
--- a/parsl/monitoring/radios.py
+++ b/parsl/monitoring/radios.py
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class MonitoringRadio(metaclass=ABCMeta):
+class MonitoringRadioSender(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     @abstractmethod
     def send(self, message: object) -> None:
         pass
 
 
-class FilesystemRadio(MonitoringRadio):
-    """A MonitoringRadio that sends messages over a shared filesystem.
+class FilesystemRadioSender(MonitoringRadioSender):
+    """A MonitoringRadioSender that sends messages over a shared filesystem.
 
     The messsage directory structure is based on maildir,
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class FilesystemRadio(MonitoringRadio):
     This avoids a race condition of reading partially written messages.
 
     This radio is likely to give higher shared filesystem load compared to
-    the UDPRadio, but should be much more reliable.
+    the UDP radio, but should be much more reliable.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, *, monitoring_url: str, source_id: int, timeout: int = 10, run_dir: str):
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def send(self, message: object) -> None:
         os.rename(tmp_filename, new_filename)
 
 
-class HTEXRadio(MonitoringRadio):
+class HTEXRadioSender(MonitoringRadioSender):
 
     def __init__(self, monitoring_url: str, source_id: int, timeout: int = 10):
         """
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def send(self, message: object) -> None:
         return
 
 
-class UDPRadio(MonitoringRadio):
+class UDPRadioSender(MonitoringRadioSender):
 
     def __init__(self, monitoring_url: str, source_id: int, timeout: int = 10):
         """
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def send(self, message: object) -> None:
         return
 
 
-class MultiprocessingQueueRadio(MonitoringRadio):
+class MultiprocessingQueueRadioSender(MonitoringRadioSender):
     """A monitoring radio which connects over a multiprocessing Queue.
     This radio is intended to be used on the submit side, where components
     in the submit process, or processes launched by multiprocessing, will have
diff --git a/parsl/monitoring/remote.py b/parsl/monitoring/remote.py
index 98168aa858..055a013627 100644
--- a/parsl/monitoring/remote.py
+++ b/parsl/monitoring/remote.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 from parsl.monitoring.message_type import MessageType
 from parsl.monitoring.radios import (
-    FilesystemRadio,
-    HTEXRadio,
-    MonitoringRadio,
-    UDPRadio,
+    FilesystemRadioSender,
+    HTEXRadioSender,
+    MonitoringRadioSender,
+    UDPRadioSender,
 )
 from parsl.multiprocessing import ForkProcess
 from parsl.process_loggers import wrap_with_logs
@@ -100,17 +100,17 @@ def wrapped(*args: List[Any], **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
     return (wrapped, args, new_kwargs)
 
 
-def get_radio(radio_mode: str, monitoring_hub_url: str, task_id: int, run_dir: str) -> MonitoringRadio:
-    radio: MonitoringRadio
+def get_radio(radio_mode: str, monitoring_hub_url: str, task_id: int, run_dir: str) -> MonitoringRadioSender:
+    radio: MonitoringRadioSender
     if radio_mode == "udp":
-        radio = UDPRadio(monitoring_hub_url,
-                         source_id=task_id)
+        radio = UDPRadioSender(monitoring_hub_url,
+                               source_id=task_id)
     elif radio_mode == "htex":
-        radio = HTEXRadio(monitoring_hub_url,
-                          source_id=task_id)
+        radio = HTEXRadioSender(monitoring_hub_url,
+                                source_id=task_id)
     elif radio_mode == "filesystem":
-        radio = FilesystemRadio(monitoring_url=monitoring_hub_url,
-                                source_id=task_id, run_dir=run_dir)
+        radio = FilesystemRadioSender(monitoring_url=monitoring_hub_url,
+                                      source_id=task_id, run_dir=run_dir)
     else:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown radio mode: {radio_mode}")
     return radio