go on the air
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“They developed this tradition where anyone who’s used his program to pay off all their debt can go on the air with him on the radio and do what’s called a ‘debt-free scream.’
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2024
Thompson was instructed to go on the air as usual at 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022
At a radio station, he found work as a janitor but made clear his ambition to go on the air.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2021
AMC said in a statement that Mr. Hardwick’s show, “Talking With Chris Hardwick,” would not go on the air.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2018
A present-day equivalent might be reproduced if the sound-effects man on Gangbusters and Walter Winchell should go on the air simultaneously, before a battery of powerful amplifiers.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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