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off air

Meaning

Not broadcasting or transmitting on radio or television.
Channel 9 will be off air from 11 pm until 6 am.
The transmitter is off air after a fire.

Not being, or so as not to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television.
After ten years, the TV series was taken off air.
Fortunately his offensive remarks were off air.

off-air

Alternative spelling of off air, especially when used attributively.
He agreed to an off-air interview.

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off-air

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Currently only 19 complete serials survive, all from reel-to-reel off-air recordings made by John Wright in 1972. Source: Internet

Following the BBC's Treasure Hunt appeal for missing material in 2002, several shows were recovered from off-air recordings made by listeners. Source: Internet

Some VHS decks also had a "simulcast" switch, allowing users to record an external audio input along with off-air pictures. Source: Internet

The episodes no longer exist, except as censored film clips, audio recordings, and off-air photographs. Source: Internet

Unfortunately, nothing but a few minutes of film inserts exist for this programme, though home-made off-air audio recordings survive for both seasons. Source: Internet

While rehearsing for the match off-air, he suggested a nearby cameraman look as well. citation "There's gaps, you know, in parts of the ground. Source: Internet

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