program director

noun

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

Examples of program director in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Douglas launched his career in Louisiana in 1953, and became a program director for the first time three years later in 1956 at KOCY-AM in Oklahoma City. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024 French, 70, was an adjunct professor at Paradise Valley Community and Estrella Mountain Community colleges and was most recently as program director at Western International University. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024 Eventually one of the staff took notice and offered him a job there as a program director. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 July 2024 The two speakers were Petra Messick, a senior program director for Amtrak’s capital delivery, and Foster Nichols, a senior vice president & technical fellow, rail operations planning, for the multinational giant WSP. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for program director 

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Word History

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 13 Sep. 2024.

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