Other devices used in broadcast engineering are telephone hybrids, broadcast delays, and dead air alarms.
This was followed by 11 seconds of dead air, and then music played.
The dee-jays were tight, with no dead air or long pauses.
The terms dead air and in black are not used when a station is broadcasting no signal whatsoever, even a carrier wave.
After about 30 seconds of dead air, he asked for his mike to be turned on.
Over 100 affiliates broadcast six minutes of dead air.
To prevent dead air, they delivered a barrage of spontaneous, impromptu patter.
Among professional broadcasters, dead air is considered one of the worst things that can occur.
