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Intern #19

Department: Programming

This is an unpaid intern position, approximately 10-24 hours per week. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. We are flexible on the days of the week but prefer a minimum time commitment of 2 full days or 4 half days per week. The end date is flexible but we require a minimum time commitment of 3 months.

The Programming/Traffic Department is responsible for all scheduling of feeds off satellite, records of programs, assigning media and the scheduling of programs, underwriting placement within the daily log, placing of interstitial materials and Miranda events on all our streams of service. All other departments look to us for support and information about our programs, initiatives and strategies.

Purpose:

Provide support for KCTS 9 Program/Traffic department. Learn promotion and scheduling strategies, Nielsen media research and interpretation, interface with other departments, and have hands-on experience with records and feeds of programs and the generation of daily logs.

Educational Benefits:

Intern will learn how public television programming is scheduled and managed for broadcast. Intern will receive hands-on experience in programming, traffic, and interface with master control and other departments within the organization. Intern will learn about Nielsen data, analysis of statistical information, promotion and programming strategies, and the process to get it all exported to Master Control to go on air. Student will also have an opportunity to work in a highly creative environment in one of the industry’s leading PBS stations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Help maintain program database.
  2. Code programs by category type and other factors with a goal of coding all programs on analogue air back to July 2007.
  3. Add Nielsen ratings information for primetime programs in the current schedule and on analogue air back to July 2006.
  4. Fill interstitial time on the daily logs, download, export, and print daily logs.
  5. Organize and support efforts to assist other departments finding information.
  6. Become familiar with PBS program and interstitial inventory.
  7. Evaluate programs for air.
  8. Create and schedule Miranda records.
  9. Read PBS Connect for updates and program information and share findings with others. Keep department advised of updates and changes.

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. High School diploma or GED require
  2.  Applicants must be currently enrolled in an educational degree program
  3. Communications, TV Broadcast Operations or Traffic Management course work preferred
  4. Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel required
  5. Excellent writing and verbal communication skills required
  6. Attention to detail and good organization skills required
  7. Ability to work unsupervised
  8. Familiarity with ProTrack preferred
  9. Interest in Operations, public television and the media industry as a whole preferred

A Passion for the mission of Public Broadcasting is preferred!