on-air
adjective
: appearing, used, or done on a radio or television broadcast
an on-air telephone call
our live, on-air fund-raiser
Examples of on-air in a Sentence
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Shapiro will appear on CNN’s on-air and digital programming, and will co-host a video podcast with Audie Cornish, his colleague at NPR. —
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026 Network is the story of veteran news anchor Howard Beale’s (Peter Finch) on-air mental breakdown, a decline that is exploited by executives at the Union Broadcasting System. —Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Horan’s on-air slip and the genuine warmth between the two made the clip an enduring piece of Masters lore. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Commercial messages are further limited to a trio of on-air sponsors (IBM, AT&T and Mercedes-Benz), which pony up what amounts to a $25 million greens fee. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on-air
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026 Network is the story of veteran news anchor Howard Beale’s (Peter Finch) on-air mental breakdown, a decline that is exploited by executives at the Union Broadcasting System. —Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Horan’s on-air slip and the genuine warmth between the two made the clip an enduring piece of Masters lore. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Commercial messages are further limited to a trio of on-air sponsors (IBM, AT&T and Mercedes-Benz), which pony up what amounts to a $25 million greens fee. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on-air
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“On-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/on-air. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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