Idiom: Hit the Airwaves
Example 1:
Samira: What’s wrong, Giorgio? You look really nervous.
Giorgio: I am nervous. My band just finished its first CD. Now we have to
promote it.
Samira: Wow!
That’s great!
Giorgio: So
we are getting ready to hit the airwaves and start promoting
it. We have an interview on “Coffee with the Girls” this afternoon. It’s a
local TV show and it has a large following in this area.
Samira: Oh,
I’ve seen that show! They have a lot of bands and singers as guests. That is so
exciting!
Giorgio: Yes it is, but I’m also nervous because we are going to play a
single from the CD and then they will interview us afterwards. It’s a live
show, so I don’t want to make any mistakes.
Samira: Well,
if you want to become famous, you have to hit the airwaves to
promote your band. Don’t worry! You will be just fine.
Giorgio: Thank
you for the encouragement, Samira!
Samira: Anytime!
Example 2:
Lilith: Quick!
Turn on the TV to channel 4!
Liam: What? OK, but
why?
Lilith: Do
you remember that woman who had an affair with the mayor a few months ago? Myra
Johnson?
Liam: Oh yes. Didn’t
she disappear? No one has heard from her since the mayor confessed to the
affair on TV and apologized to everyone.
Lilith: Yes,
and the mayor blamed Myra Johnson for everything! Well, now Myra is hitting
the airwaves with her side of the story.
Liam: Wow! Good for
her. She shouldn’t be blamed for everything. I want to hear what she says.
Lilith: Me,
too. Look, it’s starting!
Meaning: to go on radio or TV to promote something or to tell one side of a story.
