Per Diem Technician
Core
Operating in Master Control, the Technical Operations Center, and Ingest to ensure compliance with FCC regulations and maintain quality on-air signals for live news and sports broadcasts.
Role type
Per Diem Broadcast Technician
Builds
Live news broadcasts, live sports coverage, and local programming
Domain
Broadcast Television / Media Production
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> infrastructure (broadcast signals)
Required skills
Master Control automation, live sports switching, FCC compliance (closed captioning, EAS, transmitters, text-to-speech, CALM Act), live news tuning (microwave, satellite, bonded cellular), commercial and program ingest, segmentation, quality control of on-air signal, basic technical troubleshooting, computer hardware/software/networking experience
Preferred skills
Two years of related experience, two years of college or technical school
Responsibilities
Operating Master Control automation with emphasis on switching live sports, ensuring FCC compliance, tuning in live shots via microwave/satellite/cellular, performing commercial and program ingest and segmentation, conducting quality control of on-air signal, working various shifts including nights/weekends/holidays
Seniority
Per Diem, hands-on IC
