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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Dave Hughes doesn’t have a key to access the property, despite being the on-air personality behind The Beat of Diablo, KVHS 90.5 FM’s hyperlocal evening radio show.
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Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Because such propaganda created the mental climate that made mass killing seem necessary, the Chamber held Nahimana responsible even where no operational orders were issued on-air; repetitive dehumanising speech itself was enough to satisfy the offence of incitement.
—Carlo J.v. Caro, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
In renewing the series in February, Fox said the premiere episode had drawn in some 16 million viewers, including on-air repeats, streaming and other delayed viewing over six weeks.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Trump has also taken aim at ABC News, which agreed to pay $15 million to Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
Because such propaganda created the mental climate that made mass killing seem necessary, the Chamber held Nahimana responsible even where no operational orders were issued on-air; repetitive dehumanising speech itself was enough to satisfy the offence of incitement.
—Carlo J.v. Caro, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
In renewing the series in February, Fox said the premiere episode had drawn in some 16 million viewers, including on-air repeats, streaming and other delayed viewing over six weeks.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Trump has also taken aim at ABC News, which agreed to pay $15 million to Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
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“On-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-air. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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