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
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Acceptable forms of identification are listed on the air show website.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
With the Commanders waiting until round seven to add a running back in the NFL Draft, expect this offense to be run through Daniels’s ability on the air and ground once again.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Swit won two Emmys for her portrayal of the Army nurse — she was nominated 10 times, every year the show was on the air except the first — and appeared on 240 of the series’ 251 episodes during its sensational 11-season run.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
They were contracted to do one more night on the air; ABC separated them with a curtain.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
With the Commanders waiting until round seven to add a running back in the NFL Draft, expect this offense to be run through Daniels’s ability on the air and ground once again.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Swit won two Emmys for her portrayal of the Army nurse — she was nominated 10 times, every year the show was on the air except the first — and appeared on 240 of the series’ 251 episodes during its sensational 11-season run.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
They were contracted to do one more night on the air; ABC separated them with a curtain.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“On the air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20air. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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