We have provided evidence that certain coronal X‐ray structures such as flaring X‐ray bright points and X‐ray jets give rise to nonthermal radio emission in the form of metric type III bursts. We have shown an example of a metric type IV/flare continuum being associated with the rupture of a flaring loop‐top and the ejection of X‐ray emitting material. ©1996 American Institute of Physics.