go on the air
Example Sentences
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It’s 25 minutes before I go on the air, and there’s a fan at the broadcast booth window telling me he’s not getting team emails anymore.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023
“KUOW was right there in the building — a big, 100,000-watt FM station with a huge coverage footprint. But students were only allowed to go on the air a few minutes at a time.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 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
The city’s emergency broadcast system, which was supposed to swing into action during a crisis, did not go on the air because "the Sunday-morning staff did not know how to operate the equipment."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
