0 (the amount of) broadcasting time that someone or something has on television or radio:
1 the amount of time that someone or something has on television or radio:
The candidates complained that they weren’t given enough airtime to debate the issues.
2 the amount of broadcasting time that a person, a subject, or an advertisement has on television or radio:
advertising/radio/television airtime
Proposals have been put forward to cut the network's airtime.
buy/sell airtime The company has spent $30,000 to produce a radio commercial and buy airtime.
3 the amount of time that someone uses their mobile phone during a particular period of time:
This was unstoppable, and the programme had to record responses and allocated additional airtime to the recorded callers in the following week.
Both, however, reveal the same basic tendency: major-party candidates received roughly comparable shares of airtime throughout the campaign.
These fillers have been sent to broadcasters to be used in donated airtime.
Of the £1 million allocated to the pilot, about £600,000 is being spent on the purchase of television airtime and cinema screen time.
Agreements are entered into with the supplier for the provision of airtime for a 12-month minimum period with 90 days notification of cancellation thereafter.
They have to be silent, they have no column inches or airtime.
How much airtime was wasted by the county council?
Broadcasters should be encouraged to provide a limited amount of airtime for setting out the arguments for each option in the referendum.
