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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
airplay
noun
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■ VERB
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▪ 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.
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▪ Free previews so be from that get radio airplay and are eager for exposure, but no rule.
▪ It got a lot of airplay from John Peel, and was written up extensively by the music press.
▪ They make remakes of old songs that had radio airplay, and were Top 10 on the charts.
▪ Woods supported Motown with ample airplay and was rewarded with the exclusive rights to promote the Revue when it reached Philadelphia.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
airplay

1950 in radio sense, from air (n.1) + play.

Wiktionary
airplay

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
AirPlay

AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack/suite developed by Apple Inc. that allows wireless streaming between devices of audio, video, device screens, and photos, together with related metadata. Originally implemented only in Apple's software and devices, it was called AirTunes and used for audio only. Apple has since licensed the AirPlay protocol stack as a third-party software component technology to manufacturer partners for them to use in their products in order to be compatible with Apple's devices.

Airplay (disambiguation)

Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.

Airplay may also refer to:

  • AirPlay, a protocol developed by Apple Inc. that allows wireless streaming of media
  • Airplay (band), a short-lived American band, formed by David Foster and Jay Graydon
  • Airplay SDK, now Marmalade, a cross-platform game framework for mobile devices
  • Airplay, a special edition of the Citroën C1
Airplay (band)

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 " After the Love Has Gone", written by Foster and Graydon with Bill Champlin.

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.