English

Alternative forms

• on-the-air

Prepositional phrase

on the air

1. In the process of recording or broadcasting; a radio station that is transmitting a program; or a particular source of modulation, such as a specific microphone, that is connected.

   In a few minutes, we'll be on the air giving a live broadcast.

2. Being broadcast.

   The popular television series was on the air for ten years before it finally ended.

Synonyms

• (in the process of recording or broadcasting): on air
• (being broadcast):

Translations

References

• Federal Standard 1037C

Anagrams

• anti-hero, antihero