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
The two sides have basically been at spending parity, and that’s because there’s not much more airtime left to buy in the seven battleground states.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
Across a single month, pro-Pinochet and anti-Pinochet factions were allowed 15 minutes of national TV airtime for their oppositional political ads.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
This season is giving what some say is a refreshingly surprising amount of airtime to Tran’s Buddhist beliefs, as well as some of the Jewish contestants’ religious upbringings — all of which critics say has been avoided in the past given the show’s mostly white Christian fan base.
—Iris Kim, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
Often, economists are incentivized to make crass, bold, and apocalyptic predictions in a game to attract attention, airtime, and relevance.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
Across a single month, pro-Pinochet and anti-Pinochet factions were allowed 15 minutes of national TV airtime for their oppositional political ads.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
This season is giving what some say is a refreshingly surprising amount of airtime to Tran’s Buddhist beliefs, as well as some of the Jewish contestants’ religious upbringings — all of which critics say has been avoided in the past given the show’s mostly white Christian fan base.
—Iris Kim, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
Often, economists are incentivized to make crass, bold, and apocalyptic predictions in a game to attract attention, airtime, and relevance.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for airtime
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“Airtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airtime. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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