airtime

noun

air·​time ˈer-ˌtīm 

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Probst is as bad as any of them about this — look back no further than the amount of airtime on Wednesday’s finale that was spent hollering about Savannah making Survivor history by winning as many challenges as five other women in show history. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025

Trump, in contrast, got free airtime from all of America’s major television networks for his Christmas commercial, which was delivered in the form of an eighteen-minute-and-thirty-three-second run-on sentence. —Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025

Also securing big chunks of airtime are a roster of usual suspects that includes AT&T, Toyota, Diageo and Volkswagen. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025

At Slaughter Pen’s Skills Park, there are beginner jumps and drops where kids and newer riders can safely get comfortable with airtime, but also advanced jump lines and big-air features. —Graham Averill, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for airtime

• bedtime
• daytime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime
• mealtime
• meantime
• nighttime
• noontime