Roleset air.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "cause to be widely visible":

Roles:

Arg0:airer, agent


Arg1:thing aired


Arg2:audience

Examples:

person: ns tense: past aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive active (-)
The attacks began when Democratic Rep. James Florio aired an ad featuring a drawing of Pinocchio and a photograph of Mr. Florio 's rival, Republican Rep. Jim Courter.
Arg0:	Democratic Rep. James Florio
REL:	aired
Arg1:	an ad featuring a drawing of Pinocchio and a photograph of Mr. Florio's rival, Republican Rep. Jim Courter

person: ns tense: past aspect: perfect voice: active form: participle


ergative/pseudopassive (-)
NBC's comedy had aired Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. and in five outings had drawn an average of only 13.2% of homes, lagging behind the Jamie Lee Curtis comedy ``Anything But Love'' on ABC and CBS's one-hour drama ``Jake and the Fatman.''
Arg1:	NBC's comedy
REL:	aired
ArgM-TMP:	Wednesdays
ArgM-TMP:	at 9:30 p.m.

Arg2 audience predicted by comparison with 'show', but doesn't seem to occur in real usage. Go figger.