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What is dead air?

What is dead air? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic, broadcasting) An unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.
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To avoid panicking its audience by having any dead air at all, between songs in individual sets it'll cut away to interviews with other bands.
We had to build it that way because in the broadcast world, dead air is a sin.
McDermott and Margulies leave a lot of dead air in their commentaries, but the featurettes are enlightening.
The frantic battering of the fireflies and the dull click of the demon's hooves sounded like thunder against the heavy, dead air.
A lot of dead air, in between three liberal radio hosts congratulating each other on how clever they are.
Since we get about ten of these throughout the film, that means there are almost 50 seconds of blank, dead air on the disc.

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