program director

noun

: one in charge of planning and scheduling program material for a radio or television station or network

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Moyer is the advanced placement program director at the school in Matthews, police records show. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Aug. 2025 Elizabeth Shackelford, a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune, is a program director with the Institute for Global Affairs and a lecturer at Dartmouth College. Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 Kim Avington, a teacher at the University School of Nashville, has served as Horizons program director from the beginning. Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025 After that, the assistance program director, the commission, Hartig and her lawyer discussed Hartig heading to a Colorado facility, according to the filings. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for program director

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First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of program director was in 1901

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“Program director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program%20director. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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