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Taken to the airways

Hi, what does "taken to the airways" mean here?

This is not about secretive mutterings in the dead of night or freakish eccentrics, explained Dah Aligbonon Akpochihala, an eminent voodoo priest who has taken to the airwaves to preach the messages of faith, fidelity and obedience integral to his religion.
  

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who has taken to the airwaves to preach This is an old fashioned way to refer to radio broadcasting. Note the spelling. In your title, "taken to the airwa y s" would be flying in a plane.

  • who has taken to the airwaves to preach This is an old fashioned way to refer to radio broadcasting.
  • Note the spelling.
  • In your title, "taken to the airwa y s" would be flying in a plane.
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who has taken to the airwaves to preach

This is an old fashioned way to refer to radio broadcasting.

Note the spelling. In your title, "taken to the airways" would be flying in a plane.

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