on the air

See also: on-the-air

English

Alternative forms

• on-the-air

Prepositional phrase

on the air

1. In the process of recording or broadcasting; of a radio station, transmitting a program; of a particular source of modulation, such as a specific microphone, connected.

   In a few minutes, we'll be on the air giving a live broadcast.

2. Being broadcast.

   The popular television series was on the air for ten years before it finally ended.

Synonyms

• (in the process of recording or broadcasting): on air
• (being broadcast):

Translations

in the process of recording or broadcasting — see on air

being broadcast

• Finnish: ohjelmistossa
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References

• Federal Standard 1037C

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