From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishon-airˈon-air adjective [only before noun] TCBbroadcast while actually happening OPP off-air an on-air interview
Examples from the Corpus
on-air• Last fall, Winfrey decided to give fiction a boost by creating her on-air book club.• Pahdra Singh handled his on-air interview brilliantly, and pointed out to Labone that grandstands are not insured against theft.• Despite the model looks and on-air poise, the most striking quality of this thirtysomething television journalist is her name.• No on-air promotion is allowed on any of our independently commissioned or distributed titles.• Networks are making heavy profits from news, and on-air talent is being paid more than ever to communicate to the public.• Hilary explains how she deals with on-air technical problems.• On weekends, this connoisseur of contemporary language stations himself on the couch, clicker in hand, riding the on-air waves.• The on-air weather person is expected to draw audiences, not weather maps. 