1
: the time or any part of the time when a radio or television station is on the air
2
: the time at which a radio or television broadcast is scheduled to begin
Examples of airtime in a Sentence
The committee plans to buy radio airtime for the campaign ads.
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Also, companies get a lot of airtime for hiring someone like me.
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
There may just be one more season to go, but that still means a lot of airtime for Pogues.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Under the equal-time rule, Trump could ask for the same amount of airtime.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
The future of public education in America would have been a good use of at least a few minutes of airtime during the debates—but there's still time to get it on the agenda.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
There may just be one more season to go, but that still means a lot of airtime for Pogues.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Under the equal-time rule, Trump could ask for the same amount of airtime.
—Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
The future of public education in America would have been a good use of at least a few minutes of airtime during the debates—but there's still time to get it on the agenda.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Airtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airtime. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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