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Preview scheduled programs to ensure that signals are functioning and programs are ready for transmission.
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Maintain programming logs as required by station management and the Federal Communications Commission.
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Design and modify equipment to employer specifications.
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Observe monitors and converse with station personnel to determine audio and video levels and to ascertain that programs are airing.
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Develop employee work schedules.
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Select sources from which programming will be received or through which programming will be transmitted.
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Organize recording sessions and prepare areas, such as radio booths and television stations, for recording.
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Install broadcast equipment, troubleshoot equipment problems, and perform maintenance or minor repairs, using hand tools.
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Discuss production requirements with clients.
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Monitor and log transmitter readings.
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Prepare reports outlining past and future programs, including content.
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Set up, operate, and maintain broadcast station computers and networks.
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Substitute programs in cases where signals fail.
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Record sound onto tape or film for radio or television, checking its quality and making adjustments where necessary.
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Report equipment problems, ensure that repairs are made, and make emergency repairs to equipment when necessary and possible.
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Monitor strength, clarity, and reliability of incoming and outgoing signals, and adjust equipment as necessary to maintain quality broadcasts.
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Instruct trainees in use of television production equipment, filming of events, and copying and editing graphics or sound onto videotape.
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Edit broadcast material electronically, using computers.
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Schedule programming or read television programming logs to determine which programs are to be recorded or aired.
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Control audio equipment to regulate volume and sound quality during radio and television broadcasts.
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Align antennae with receiving dishes to obtain the clearest signal for transmission of broadcasts from field locations.
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Make commercial dubs.
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Determine the number, type, and approximate location of microphones needed for best sound recording or transmission quality, and position them appropriately.
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Give technical directions to other personnel during filming.
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Set up and operate portable field transmission equipment outside the studio.
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Regulate the fidelity, brightness, and contrast of video transmissions, using video console control panels.
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Play and record broadcast programs, using automation systems.