be on the air
Example Sentences
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U.K. media reported that the presenter was not due to be on the air in the near future, but it was unclear whether he had been suspended.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023
In 1973, The San Francisco Examiner was already calling him the “dean of Los Angeles rock ’n’ roll broadcasting,” and he would be on the air for almost a half-century more after that.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
"Wendy's show will not be on the air this fall and its future is up in the air and uncertain," an inside source told Variety.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2022
Although initially reluctant to be on the air, reporter Edward R. Murrow of CBS began reporting live about Germany’s actions from his posts in Europe.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
In less than three minutes the signals would be on the air and he would know where he was—unless the Norsks had succeeded in finding and eliminating the whole Atlantean under-cover group.
From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
