on air
Live right now
On air describes a broadcast in progress—when a radio or television program is actively transmitting to its audience: We go on air in five minutes, The host made an embarrassing slip while on air.
The opposite is off air.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun: an on-air personality, on-air talent.
- hostOne receiving guests
- talk showBroadcast featuring host-guest conversations
- liveTo exist or dwell
- live broadcastTransmission happening right now
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
red · simulcast · script · cue · voice · antenna · countdown · signal · call-in · radio station · microphone · transmission · booth · streaming · guest · anchor · news anchor · silence
- broadcast statuslive, recorded, streaming, delayed, prerecorded
- talk radiotalk radio, call-in show, phone-in, caller, open line
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
- live televisionlive coverage, live events, live stream, live feed, live audience
on airoff air
Not currently being transmitted
off the air · cancelled · offline · blacked out · dark
on airpre-recorded
Captured beforehand for playback
recorded · taped · prerecorded · on tape · canned
air, on, airs, airing, aired, on-air, airtime, airwaves, on the air