on the air

idiom

variants or less commonly on air

of a radio or television station, program, etc.

: broadcasting or being broadcast

The interview will be on the air tomorrow.

an interview being shown on air

Examples of on the air in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

We'll be based in Milan for much of February, covering more than a dozen sports, hundreds of athletes and countless other storylines — both big and small — online, on the air, on social media and in your inbox. —Npr Staff, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026

Watch Kelly discuss Dokoupil crying on the air in the video above. —Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026

Main Street hopes to keep the FanDuel networks on the air through at least the end of the NBA season, but one team official said there’s skepticism about that. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026

All My Children, which was on the air from 1970 to 2011, has many A-list alumni, including Kelly Ripa, Josh Duhamel, Lacey Chabert and Sarah Michelle Gellar. —Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026

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