Media Programming Directors
Tasks Include:
- Plan and schedule programming and event coverage, based on broadcast length, time availability, and other factors, such as community needs, ratings data, and viewer demographics.
- Monitor and review programming to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality.
- Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in broadcast news, sports, or programming.
- 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.
- Coordinate activities between departments, such as news and programming.
- Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance.
- Evaluate new and existing programming to assess suitability and the need for changes, using information such as audience surveys and feedback.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -1.4%
National: +7.6%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$85,320.00
State
$64,880.00
Regional
Media Programming Directors
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in preparation of radio or television station program schedules and programs, such as sports or news.
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Media Programming Directors
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 52%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 31.19%
- Some College Courses = 14.99%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.82%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 36.89%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 26.39%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 22.16%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.02%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 4.30%
- Over 10 years = 1.23%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 33.81%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 21.76%
- Up to and including 1 month = 15.58%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.64%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10.65%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.69%
- None = 0.85%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 28.04%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.03%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 23.40%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 22.31%
- Over 10 years = 1.23%
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Media Programming Directors
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Plan and schedule programming and event coverage, based on broadcast length, time availability, and other factors, such as community needs, ratings data, and viewer demographics.
- Monitor and review programming to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality.
- Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in broadcast news, sports, or programming.
- 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.
- Coordinate activities between departments, such as news and programming.
- Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance.
- Evaluate new and existing programming to assess suitability and the need for changes, using information such as audience surveys and feedback.
- Confer with directors and production staff to discuss issues, such as production and casting problems, budgets, policies, and news coverage.
- Select, acquire, and maintain programs, music, films, and other needed materials and obtain legal clearances for their use as necessary.
- Monitor network transmissions for advisories concerning daily program schedules, program content, special feeds, or program changes.
- Develop promotions for current programs and specials.
- Prepare copy and edit tape so that material is ready for broadcasting.
- Develop ideas for programs and features that a station could produce.
- Review information about programs and schedules to ensure accuracy and provide such information to local media outlets.
- Read news, read or record public service and promotional announcements, or perform other on-air duties.
- Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.
- Direct setup of remote facilities and install or cancel programs at remote stations.
- Conduct interviews for broadcasts.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Develop budgets for programming and broadcasting activities and monitor expenditures to ensure that they remain within budgetary limits.
- Participate in the planning and execution of fundraising activities.
- Cue announcers, actors, performers, and guests.
- 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.
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Media Programming Directors
Additional Resources
For general information about theater arts and a list of accredited college-level programs, contact:
National Association of Schools of Theater
11250 Roger Bacon Dr.
Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
http://nast.arts-accredit.org/
For general information on actors, producers, and directors, contact:
Actors Equity Association
165 West 46th St.
New York, NY 10036
http://www.actorsequity.org
Screen Actors Guild
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3600
http://www.sag.org
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists-Screen Actors Guild
4340 East-West Hwy.
Suite 204
Bethesda, MD 20814-4411
http://www.aftra.org
http://www.sag.org
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Media Programming Directors
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.25 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
86.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
84.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
72.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
71.50 | Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
71.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
68.00 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
61.00 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
59.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
59.50 | Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
59.00 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
55.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
52.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Media Programming Directors
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
81.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
78.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
78.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
78.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
75.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
75.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
72.00 | 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. |
72.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
72.00 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
72.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
68.75 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
68.75 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
68.75 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
65.50 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
56.25 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
56.25 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
56.25 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
50.00 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Media Programming Directors
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
81.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
81.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
78.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
78.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
78.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
72.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
72.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
65.50 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
65.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Media Programming Directors
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
89.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
89.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
84.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
84.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
82.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
80.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
78.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
78.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
77.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
76.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
75.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
74.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
74.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
74.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
71.75 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
71.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
71.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
70.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
68.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
67.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
66.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
65.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
62.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
61.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
61.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
60.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
59.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
58.00 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
51.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
50.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
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Media Programming Directors
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
89.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
89.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
86.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
85.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
78.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
78.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
77.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
77.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
76.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
76.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
75.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
73.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
71.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
70.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
63.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
83.33 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
83.33 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
72.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Media Programming Directors
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
90.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
89.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
89.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
85.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
85.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
85.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
84.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
84.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
84.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
83.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
75.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
74.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
72.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
69.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
68.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
61.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
60.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
59.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
56.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
54.80 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
54.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
54.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
51.20 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
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Media Programming Directors
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $42,140.00 | $85,320.00 | $127,970.00 |
Virginia | $37,150.00 | $64,880.00 | $88,120.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $56,951.96 | $84,630.42 | $107,897.61 |
Bay Consortium | $43,377.53 | $66,782.83 | $88,106.07 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $38,698.34 | $60,415.14 | $78,102.82 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $38,137.59 | $53,380.78 | $72,488.00 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $46,916.52 | $64,644.69 | $81,569.12 |
Hampton Roads | $41,945.53 | $62,257.33 | $83,284.61 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $32,216.43 | $46,147.04 | $64,740.23 |
Northern Virginia | $59,390.21 | $83,101.85 | $104,787.50 |
Piedmont Workforce | $42,179.18 | $62,585.48 | $87,261.82 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $36,532.16 | $52,890.64 | $67,525.31 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Media Programming Directors
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 166,200 | 178,900 | +7.6% |
Virginia | 2,001 | 1,972 | -1.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Media Programming Directors
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Broadcast Operations Director
- Cable Television Program Director
- Director
- Educational Programming Director
- Media Coordinator
- News Director
- News Producer
- Newscast Director
- Operations Director
- Operations Manager
- Production Director
- Program Coordinator
- Program Director
- Program Manager
- Program Supervisor
- Programming Director
- Public Service Director
- Sports Director
- Station Manager
- Television Program Director (TV Program Director)
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- Regent University
- Roanoke College
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Virginia University
- Sweet Briar College
- University of Lynchburg
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia Union University
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- Washington and Lee University
- William & Mary
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