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
His stunned co-hosts then proceeded to fill the airtime by roasting him for his sudden departure to use the restroom.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
From health experts to airtime with doctors, the podcast has covered everything from women’s hormone health to food quality, to muscle growth, weight loss, mental health and motivation.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
These cold opens were used as a way to fill airtime, since the dialogue on the show was spoken so quickly and the producers needed something to fill the entire hour.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The biggest of them all, Joe Rogan, spent the final weeks of the campaign giving many hours of fawning airtime to Trump—and to his running mate, J. D. Vance, and his key allies, such as Elon Musk—before endorsing Trump on the eve of the election.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
From health experts to airtime with doctors, the podcast has covered everything from women’s hormone health to food quality, to muscle growth, weight loss, mental health and motivation.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
These cold opens were used as a way to fill airtime, since the dialogue on the show was spoken so quickly and the producers needed something to fill the entire hour.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The biggest of them all, Joe Rogan, spent the final weeks of the campaign giving many hours of fawning airtime to Trump—and to his running mate, J. D. Vance, and his key allies, such as Elon Musk—before endorsing Trump on the eve of the election.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Airtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airtime. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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