Program Directors

• Coordinate activities between departments, such as news and programming.
• Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in broadcast news, sports, or programming.
• Monitor and review programming to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality.
• Check completed program logs for accuracy and conformance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations and resolve program log inaccuracies.
• Establish work schedules and assign work to staff members.
• Monitor network transmissions for advisories concerning daily program schedules, program content, special feeds, or program changes.
• Prepare copy and edit tape so that material is ready for broadcasting.
• Confer with directors and production staff to discuss issues such as production and casting problems, budgets, policies, and news coverage.
• Develop ideas for programs and features that a station could produce.
• Evaluate new and existing programming to assess suitability and the need for changes, using information such as audience surveys and feedback.
• Develop promotions for current programs and specials.
• Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance.
• Act as a liaison between talent and directors, providing information that performers or guests need to prepare for appearances and communicating relevant information from guests, performers, or staff to directors.
• Review information about programs and schedules to ensure accuracy and provide such information to local media outlets.
• Select, acquire, and maintain programs, music, films, and other needed materials and obtain legal clearances for their use as necessary.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Program Directors.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Program Directors.