A professional who performs any combination of following or similar duties as directed by program director or producer in rehearsal and broadcast of television programs. Responsibilities include:

• Distributes copies of script and arranges for rehearsal quarters.
• Prepares and distributes rehearsal call sheets.
• Lays out acting areas on stage floor, using tape and following floor plan.
• Times scenes during rehearsal and calculates overall program timing.
• Contacts guest and members of cast to verify that makeup has been applied.
• Verifies that specified films, slides, titles cards, and similar items are ready for broadcast.
• Directs personnel in rehearsal and broadcast of sign-ons and sign-offs, station breaks, film feature programs, and other programs composed of non-live video elements.
• Notifies various departments of changes in daily operation schedules.
• Oversees distribution of studio equipment, such as scenery, cameras, and microphones.
• Transmits instructions received over telephone headset to performers and others on set, orally or using body gestures.
• Prepares report of daily on-air activities.
• May direct production of sound effects.
• May prepare rehearsal call sheets, reports, daily on-air activity report, memos, or scripts, using computer.