dead air

"This way, we cut out all the dead air and just get the funny stuff."

"Certainly I've been in touch," he said when there was a moment of dead air.

But there was only dead air on the other end of the line.

Six minutes of dead air followed before he returned to the broadcast position.

The trees hung heavy and still in the dead air.

This was followed by 11 seconds of dead air, and then music played.

There was a moment of dead air as all three parties considered the situation.

That could go a long way to fill in dead air.

A couple of seconds pass with dead air on the line.

After about 30 seconds of dead air, he asked for his mike to be turned on.