Broadcast Technician
- Perfect for tech enthusiasts who love working with audio and video equipment.
- Ensure seamless broadcasts, impacting millions of viewers and listeners daily.
- Experience the thrill of live broadcasting and quick problem-solving.
💰 Earn $62K-$108K
📚 Associate Degree
Overview
Set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to acquire, edit, and transmit audio and video for radio or television programs. Control and adjust incoming and outgoing broadcast signals to regulate sound volume, signal strength, and signal clarity. Operate satellite, microwave, or other transmitter equipment to broadcast radio or television programs.Scoop
Steady (Staying constant (within 1%))
Day-to-Day
- Report equipment problems, ensure that repairs are made, and make emergency repairs to equipment when necessary and possible.
- Monitor and log transmitter readings.
- Maintain programming logs as required by station management and the Federal Communications Commission.
- Monitor strength, clarity, and reliability of incoming and outgoing signals, and adjust equipment as necessary to maintain quality broadcasts.
- Observe monitors and converse with station personnel to determine audio and video levels and to ascertain that programs are airing.
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Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Thinking and problem solving
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
You value 🙏
- Accomplishing things
- Having support
- Having freedom
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Broadcast Technician
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