off-air

[ awf-air, of- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not broadcast, but said, played, or happening in a radio or television studio context.

off-air

obtained by reception of a radiated broadcasting signal rather than by line feed
an off-air recording
connected with a radio or television programme but not broadcast
an off-air phone-in

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Thinking she was off-air, Simmons cursed at her reportedly distracted co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough.

It was a typically insensitive comment, but, what was really telling was his remark, off-air, to the interviewer afterward.

I asked Rolake Bamgbose, an off-air reporter for ABC News who happens to be a stunning Nigerian woman, what she thinks.

While the cameras were trained on the Salahis, Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were carrying on off-air talks.

I was on board John Edwards' campaign bus, with ABC's off-air Edwards reporter, Raelyn Johnson, riding in who-knows-where Iowa.

Edith moved among the others with a strange, far-off air, an air at once full of gentle affection, yet preoccupied.

Occasionally there was a faint far-off air-tremor, rather than sound, of thunder.

But its careful periods and strangely far-off air lack the eagerness for truth which Rousseau put into his questions.

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