Description
Oversee day-to-day broadcast operations, coordinating technical, production, engineering, and maintenance teams to deliver compliant, high-quality radio and television programming. Optimize workflows, schedules, and resources to ensure reliable on-air performance and continuous improvement.
- • Oversee technical execution standards for newscasts and productions, ensuring reliable switching, graphics, and on-air quality.
- • Ensure routine testing, calibration, and preventive maintenance of studio, control room, and field equipment.
- • Monitor and enforce compliance with station, network, and regulatory policies for content and technical delivery.
- • Set guidelines for camera practices, shading, and composition; review airchecks and provide quality feedback.
- • Serve as primary liaison among engineering, production, news, creative, and IT teams.
- • Manage staffing, shift assignments, and performance for technical operations personnel.
- • Own scheduling of studios, control rooms, and edit bays across productions and maintenance windows.
- • Develop, document, and maintain SOPs and technical policies for live and recorded programming.
- • Coordinate logistics and resources for studio and remote productions, ensuring crews and gear are in place.
- • Oversee training and certification on switchers, cameras, audio, graphics, intercoms, and lighting.
- • Approve control-room workflows for switching, playback, graphics, and routing; audit execution and readiness.
- • Define standards for transitions, effects, and graphics integration to maintain a consistent brand look.
- • Partner with Promotions and Creative to support on-air promos, branding, and special production needs.
- • Align with directors of photography and video leads on gear specifications, lenses, and visual guidelines.
- • Establish clear communication, rundown, and timing procedures between directors, producers, and control-room teams.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
