off the air
idiom
of a radio or television station, etc.
: not broadcasting
The station is now off the air.
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The Bristol Faculty has not taken Tannenbaum off the air, right?
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Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
One of the fires burning its way through Los Angeles is threatening to take a number of TV and radio stations off the air.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Fox forced Dobbs off the air just a day after Smartmatic filed its suit in February 2021.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Now, Swiss national television has taken his films off the air, some of them the greats of French cinema.
—airmail.news, 6 Jan. 2024
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Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
One of the fires burning its way through Los Angeles is threatening to take a number of TV and radio stations off the air.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
Fox forced Dobbs off the air just a day after Smartmatic filed its suit in February 2021.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Now, Swiss national television has taken his films off the air, some of them the greats of French cinema.
—airmail.news, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Off the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20air. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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