on-air

[ on-air, awn- ]

adjective

1. broadcasting:

   an announcer with five years of on-air experience.

Word History and Origins

Origin of on-air¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

After claiming a mandate from his first-ever popular vote win — about half of Hillary Clinton’s margin in 2016, when she lost — President-elect Donald Trump immediately went out and demonstrated his hubris, the 78-year-old Republican selecting people to lead the country’s most important institutions based largely on their personal loyalty and on-air presence.

From Salon

TNT will still have creative control over “Inside the NBA” and the ability to create other projects using the program’s on-air talent.

From Los Angeles Times

I assumed it was in some way connected to the fact I was an on-air BBC journalist but I wasn’t sure.

From BBC

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News personality Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, making him the first on-air talent from the conservative-leaning network to join the incoming administration.

From Los Angeles Times

The stations and ABC News won’t lose any on-air talent in the latest round of cost reductions, which Disney management described as “surgical.”

From Los Angeles Times