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Answer for the clue "Song's broadcast exposure ", 7 letters:
airplay

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process of playing a particular song, band or genre on the radio. The amount which it gets played is referred to as spins.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Airplay was a short-lived American band, formed by David Foster and Jay Graydon . The band released a self-titled album in 1980, containing "Nothin' You Can Do About It" (later recorded by Manhattan Transfer) and a cover of the Earth, Wind & Fire hit " ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB get ▪ It got a lot of airplay from John Peel, and was written up extensively by the music press. ▪ Free previews so be from that get radio airplay and are eager for exposure, but no rule. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Free ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1950 in radio sense, from air (n.1) + play .

Usage examples of airplay.

When he approaches the Ansonia, intent on informing Ellen Cherry that the song he'd written for her (and which had enjoyed limited airplay on a couple of New York stations) is about to be released nationally, his bean is unfortunately bare.

His penthouse had one of those music systems that was piped into every room and, after an initial painfully loud blast of a bass-heavy song that sounded suspiciously like that Nine Inch Nail's song that had been banned from airplay a few years ago, he'd put on classical music.