Airplay is a technical term used in the radio industry to state how frequently a song is being played on a radio station. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. For example, a song which is being played several times every day would be classed as receiving a large amount of airplay. The term is also used in the same way regarding music video channels, to state how often a music video is being played. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area
Most countries have at least one radio airplay chart in existence, although larger countries such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Japan have several, to cover different genres and areas of the country. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
A song which was run very successful in the airplay charts but which was not so strong at the sellings was commonly known as turntable hit to the time when radio stations only played vinyl singles.