: the playing of a musical recording on the air by a radio station
a song getting a lot of airplay
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The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
That latter list includes purchases, streams, and radio airplay, while the former looks only at sales, as its name suggests.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Billboard's 2024 data showed women being de-emphasized again, achieving just 8.39% of country radio airplay overall.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The pair fused Lee’s love of classical with Moody’s taste for metal and hard rock and eventually released two EPs that earned some airplay in Little Rock.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
That latter list includes purchases, streams, and radio airplay, while the former looks only at sales, as its name suggests.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Billboard's 2024 data showed women being de-emphasized again, achieving just 8.39% of country radio airplay overall.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
The pair fused Lee’s love of classical with Moody’s taste for metal and hard rock and eventually released two EPs that earned some airplay in Little Rock.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Airplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airplay. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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