on-air
adjective
: appearing, used, or done on a radio or television broadcast
an on-air telephone call
our live, on-air fund-raiser
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Meanwhile, the on-air stars, the hosts and prognosticators, filled the hours on air with analysis and predictions, then spent the minutes in between reconnecting.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Fox says the pilot episode, which aired Jan. 7, has hit 16 million viewers across all platforms (including on-air repeats).
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Jon Stewart was left bleeding after slicing his hand open on-air Monday while delivering an impassioned monologue on the federal corporate subsidies that appear to be untouched amid the Trump administration’s indiscriminate cuts to civil service agencies.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
Since her daytime talk show debuted in September 2020, Barrymore has staged multiple on-air reunions with her past costars, including with the cast of Charlie’s Angels (2000), Scream (1996) and Bad Girls (1994).
—John Russell, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Fox says the pilot episode, which aired Jan. 7, has hit 16 million viewers across all platforms (including on-air repeats).
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
Jon Stewart was left bleeding after slicing his hand open on-air Monday while delivering an impassioned monologue on the federal corporate subsidies that appear to be untouched amid the Trump administration’s indiscriminate cuts to civil service agencies.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
Since her daytime talk show debuted in September 2020, Barrymore has staged multiple on-air reunions with her past costars, including with the cast of Charlie’s Angels (2000), Scream (1996) and Bad Girls (1994).
—John Russell, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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“On-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-air. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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