Broadcast Maintenance Technician

 WLWT, the Hearst Television owned NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, is looking for a Broadcast Systems Technician.  The maintenance technician preserves the technical integrity of the station’s on-air signals and its equipment from acquisition to distribution.  This position supports all station efforts in-house and on remote locations. 

Job Responsibilities:  

• Works closely with engineering and IT management and staff to support critical on-air systems and workflows including news, production, and broadcast systems and equipment.

• Provides user support in a Windows workstation environment for custom and standard software applications.

• Administers, maintains, and troubleshoots newsroom automation and streaming systems including field gear.

• Handles hardware configuration, imaging, and deployment, performs back-ups, and supports LAN infrastructure. 

• Assist users with installing and using new software and features.

• Applies software, updates services, and executes OS upgrades. 
• Maintains digital transmitters, microwave central receive sites, satellite antenna systems, signal distribution and routing systems, processing systems, monitoring devices, and automation systems.
• Maintains production equipment including robotic camera system, production switcher, playout servers, graphics devices, lighting systems, weather graphics and weather systems, audio consoles, microphones, and IFBs.
• Maintains news-gathering equipment including ENG cameras, field gear, ENG, DSNG, and SNG trucks, editing systems, and support devices.
• Maintains support equipment including master and sub switchers, monitors, computer systems, microphones, intercoms, and archive videotape machines and XDCAM decks.
• Conducts troubleshooting, installation, research, documentation, and cabling tasks.

Qualification Requirements:

• Must have proficiency with computers, computer systems, and networking
• Must have a background in broadcast television systems, transmission, and satellite communications,
• Must have basic skill with video production, microwave systems, IT infrastructure, and station automation systems,

• Must have excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to repair equipment down to the circuit level, 

• Must be able to read and understand technical manuals, diagrams, and schematics,

• Desired to have experience maintaining and troubleshooting digital broadcast transmitters,
• Desired to have experience with Autocad for system design and layout,

• Must be able to lift, carry, and move up to 50 lbs., climb ladders, work on rooftops, and in confined spaces, 

• Must be flexible to work various days and non-standard shifts as assigned,
• Must have the ability to work effectively with other team members and independently,
• Must be capable of following instructions, verbal and written,
• Must have the ability work with minimal supervision,
• Must have the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time, and
• Must have excellent vision (with or without corrective lenses) with the ability to read and distinguish colors.

• In person work required.         

   

Education:                

         Associates degree or bachelor's degree; or a minimum of two-years of an accredited IT and electronics school equivalent.

• Military training and experience in electronics, avionics, or related fields will be considered.
• SBE CPBE (or better) certification a plus.
• Military Broadcast Television Equipment Maintenance (BTVEM) course from Defense Information School (DINFOS) a plus.   

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.