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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The night one figure includes the on-air premiere and replays on HBO and streaming on Max. —

Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025 Stations are often just scrambling to get a money manager on-air to talk about the headline of the day. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025 Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer, Billy Crystal, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leslie Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Rachel Dratch and Reverend Al Sharpton will all make appearances in the special, with more surprise guests to be revealed on-air. —

Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 The threat of legal action against the sketch, which featured Longet accidentally shooting several contestants of a men’s freestyling skiing competition, led to SNL’s first on-air apology. —

Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on-air