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.
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But the movie and Chalamet still got plenty of airtime as well as online discussion, as Timothée Chalamet’s comments about opera and ballet became a recurring theme of the night.
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
Sure their McDonald’s copycat hash brown patties and peanut butter protein granola might get more airtime on TikTok.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Stephen Colbert had a dispute with his network about allowing equal airtime to Talarico under the rules established by the FCC in the 1930s.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
With not a lot of airtime to transition her protagonist from reasonable to out of touch with reality, Jonas relegated much of her character’s contemplative qualities to the asides and exaggerated her more base characteristics by adding in some reckless behavior.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2026
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Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
Sure their McDonald’s copycat hash brown patties and peanut butter protein granola might get more airtime on TikTok.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Stephen Colbert had a dispute with his network about allowing equal airtime to Talarico under the rules established by the FCC in the 1930s.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
With not a lot of airtime to transition her protagonist from reasonable to out of touch with reality, Jonas relegated much of her character’s contemplative qualities to the asides and exaggerated her more base characteristics by adding in some reckless behavior.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Airtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airtime. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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