Editing Dead air (section)

==Examples==
On September 11, 1987, [[Dan Rather]] walked off the set of the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' when a late running [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] tennis match threatened to delay the start of his news broadcast. The match then ended sooner than expected but Rather was gone. The network broadcast six minutes of dead air before Rather was found and returned to the studio.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Boyer|first1=Peter J.|title=Rather Walked Off Set of CBS News|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/nyregion/rather-walked-off-set-of-cbs-news.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 September 1987 |access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref> CBS affiliates criticized Rather for the incident.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite web|last1=Sharbutt|first1=Jay|title=Rather Criticized For His Cbs News 'Walkout'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-15-ca-8170-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=15 September 1987 |access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref>

One significant case of dead air occurred during [[Super Bowl LII]] in 2018, when the [[NBC]] television broadcast experienced 26 seconds of dead air during a commercial break. The network blamed "a brief equipment failure."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2018/02/super_bowl_2018_dead_air_5_million_mistake.html|title=Super Bowl 2018: And the most talked-about commercial is ... dead air|last=Campuzano|first=Eder|work=Oregon Live|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref>  NBC reported that no commercial advertising was lost.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/04/media/nbc-brief-blackout-super-bowl/index.html|title=NBC blames 'equipment failure' for brief blackout during Super Bowl|last=Stelter|first=Brian|work=CNNMoney|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> Prior to [[Super Bowl XLV]], [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], radio station [[WFZZ|WCHK-FM]] announced that it would intentionally go to dead air during the game, since the hometown [[Green Bay Packers|Packers]] were playing in the game and station management believed nobody would be listening to music while the Super Bowl was being broadcast on another station.<ref name="ChuckFM">{{cite web |url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/green-bay-packers-fan-chuck-fm-will-play-nothing-during-the-game-sunday| title=Green Bay Packers fan "Chuck FM" will play "nothing during the game" Sunday | publisher=Radio-Info.com | date=2011-02-04 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108095953/http://www.radio-info.com/news/green-bay-packers-fan-chuck-fm-will-play-nothing-during-the-game-sunday | archive-date=2012-01-08 }}</ref>