Master Control Operator - Part Time
The Master Control Operator (MCO) is responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of our on-air products by continuously monitoring, overseeing, and maintaining on-air programming as well as monitoring transmitter status, EAS equipment, closed captioning, and operating the station within FCC standards.
Responsibilities
Oversees on-air programming accuracy:
- Continuously monitor on-air programming and advertising for QC and on-air continuity in a multi-channel environment
- Prepare automation lists for accuracy and adherence to predetermined schedules
- Verify programming airs correctly as scheduled
- Take appropriate action for disaster recovery to ensure clean on-air presentation when necessary
Ensures transmission meets quality standards:
- Ensures all content airs in accordance with broadcast regulations, and to the company’s standards
- Switches on/off live events, including local news, breaking news, network reports, sports events and others
- Operates equipment to regulate the volume and sound quality during television broadcasts
- Operates Video/Audio switchers and routers in order to send signals to the appropriate destinations at the appropriate times
- Verify closed captioning is present and clean to air when applicable
- Monitor and log transmitter power readings and metrics to ensure clean air and compliance
- Monitor and log EAS devices to ensure compliance
- Identifies and works preemptively to prevent possible on-air problems
Prepares programming for future playback:
- Receives, processes, delivers, and prepares syndicated programs, commercials, promotions, and other video content
- Records/ingests various events, programs, and other content for later processing
- Edits and exports recordings to create promo and topical spots for air
- Reviews completed work for quality control, timing accuracy, and air-readiness
Logs and communicates broadcast events:
- Communicates and collaborates with other departments including Traffic, Production, News, Sales, and Engineering to ensure content is received and airs to standards
- Completes appropriate paperwork functions as required
- Logs daily discrepancies, EAS reports, Transmitter metrics, and prep work
- May perform additional duties of similar complexity as required or assigned
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 1+ years’ experience using computers in a professional work environment OR equivalent combination of education and/or experience
Other Qualifications
- Knowledge in broadcast television station operations
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve computer related technical problems
- Familiarity with Windows and Mac operating systems as well as office software applications such as Microsoft Office
- Familiarity with editing software such as Adobe Premier
- Ability to professionally interact with customers and co-workers; strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and without supervision
- Ability to analyze and organize information from multiple sources and multitask without losing attention to details
- Strong work ethic with an emphasis on team commitment
- Ability to work overnights, evenings, weekends, and holidays as a part of a regular schedule and/or directed by shift coverage needs