The word 'airwave' is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the medium through which radio, television, and other electronic transmissions are carried through the air. Example: The radio host's voice could be heard clearly through the airwaves as he announced the latest news updates.
The FTSE 100-listed firm, which manages airwave radios for the emergency services, won a record £2bn of new contracts in the first half of this year.
The media circus, scenting a potential kill in the offing with the scalping of a minister or even Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has jumped on the bandwagon with a significant amount of airwave coverage and column inches devoted to the issue.
A public airwave is a public airwave, however, and constraints remained; "motherfucker," for instance, still wasn't suitable for prime time.
As Messina described it, the summer airwave blitz would soften up the opponent in the eyes of voters, but victory would be carried home by Obama's volunteer army on the ground.
Of course, if you try to flip over to a playoff game, you will be in violation of N.F.L. airwave dominance.
The F.C.C. first has to persuade the current license holders to use the airwave bands — mostly television broadcast stations — to either give up their spots or agree to move to another location in the electromagnetic field over which radio signals travel.
The F.C.C. hopes to begin those auctions in 2014, but so far it has faced resistance from television broadcasters and government agencies, which hold the airwave licenses the commission wants to take back and sell.
You may have read recent news reports about proposals by regulators to devote more airwave capacity to providing faster Wi-Fi connections on commercial airplanes.
The T-mobile deal would result in fewer potential bidders in its airwave auctions.
For cable TV or satellite viewers, airwave changes make no difference in reception.
The airwave appeals and behind the scenes pressure worked.
