off the air
idiom
of a radio or television station, etc.
: not broadcasting
The station is now off the air.
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Tensions escalated in 2020 when Duterte's administration forced ABS-CBN, one of the nation's most prominent cable news networks, off the air.
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
This game is such a dog that Disney is considering taking the game broadcast off the air and replacing it with Jimmy Kimmel re-runs.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders — the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders — requested the production of internal Disney documents and communications related to the decision to take Kimmel off the air for a week.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
However, despite the insistence of some inside Disney that there was no outside pressure to take Kimmel off the air or put him back on (even with a growing star-studded chorus of dissent), it can’t be ignored that Kimmel was all set to go on air on September 17.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
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Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
This game is such a dog that Disney is considering taking the game broadcast off the air and replacing it with Jimmy Kimmel re-runs.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders — the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders — requested the production of internal Disney documents and communications related to the decision to take Kimmel off the air for a week.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
However, despite the insistence of some inside Disney that there was no outside pressure to take Kimmel off the air or put him back on (even with a growing star-studded chorus of dissent), it can’t be ignored that Kimmel was all set to go on air on September 17.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Off the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20air. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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