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.
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Start cuing up some Matlock reruns to fill all that dead airtime because the Sole Survivor has already been crowned.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
When a terrorist group takes members of the Israeli team hostage in the Olympic village, the ABC Sports TV broadcast team – including rookie producer Geoff Mason (John Magaro) and his boss, Roone Arledge (Peters Sarsgaard) – scramble to cover the crisis, haggle for airtime and get the story right.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of competing for airtime, try setting a goal to speak only after summarizing key points from the discussion.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
When Are the 2025 Oscars? Lucky for those on the East Coast who appreciate an early bedtime, the 2025 Oscars are keeping the earlier airtime debuted that during last year.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
When a terrorist group takes members of the Israeli team hostage in the Olympic village, the ABC Sports TV broadcast team – including rookie producer Geoff Mason (John Magaro) and his boss, Roone Arledge (Peters Sarsgaard) – scramble to cover the crisis, haggle for airtime and get the story right.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of competing for airtime, try setting a goal to speak only after summarizing key points from the discussion.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
When Are the 2025 Oscars? Lucky for those on the East Coast who appreciate an early bedtime, the 2025 Oscars are keeping the earlier airtime debuted that during last year.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Airtime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airtime. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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