Master Control/Broadcast Technician

Overview Of The Company

Fox TV Stations

FOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest designated market areas, or DMAs, and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.

Job Description

The Master Control Operator is responsible for operating the Master Control automation system. This includes ingesting material into the system, overseeing the system while on air, and ensuring the quality of the system’s output to air.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manually switch video sources on air during high-value live programming events.
• Segment and prep video content for air according to format sheets and recording schedules.
• Ingest commercial content and program feeds from satellite, fiber, and in-house production.
• Work closely with other departments to facilitate their needs and interactions with Master Control.
• Check logs/playlist for timing errors and make corrections.
• Create and manage record schedules and confirm all program and commercial content is properly prepped and ready for air.
• Monitor the quality of the on-air product, minimize errors, and ensure compliance with FCC regulations.
• Cross-train in the production department to assist during live newscasts for other positions such as TOC.
• Expect varied shifts, vacation coverage, overtime, weekend and holiday scheduling.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Physical Requirements

Frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit, use hands, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or climb.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this position will have previous master control experience and understand the demands of the television station environment. They need to be a detail-oriented self-starter who is able to manage their work load with minimal supervision. They need excellent oral and written communication skills and to be able to perform well under pressure with high stakes deadlines.

Preferred Experience

• Master control playout automation (Grass Valley iTX, Evertz Mediator-X, etc.)
• Satellite automation software (Florical, Compusat, etc)
• Confidence monitoring solutions (Vela Encompass, Volicon, Qligent, etc)
• FCC regulations (Emergency Alert System, closed captioning requirements, CALM Act, etc)
• DASDEC EAS platform
• File-based video production and content workflows
• Microsoft Office
• LiveU
• Evertz video routing system
  
  

Education And Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. AS Degree or higher preferred. Five (5) years of master control experience, ideally in a top 20 market television station.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $60.00-62.13 per hour.