| Occupation | |
|---|---|
| Names | Broadcast engineer
Broadcast design engineer |
Occupation type | profession |
| Description | |
| Competencies | Technical knowledge, Management skills, Professionalism |
Education required | see professional requirements |
Fields of employment | Radio, television, military |
Related jobs | Technologist, RF engineer, engineering technician, Technical operator |
Broadcast engineering or radio engineering is the field of electrical engineering, and now to some extent computer engineering and information technology, which deals with radio and television broadcasting. Audio engineering and RF engineering are also essential parts of broadcast engineering, being their own subsets of electrical engineering.
Broadcast engineering involves both the studio and transmitter aspects (the entire airchain), as well as remote broadcasts. Every station has a broadcast engineer, though one may now serve an entire station group in a city. In small media markets the engineer may work on a contract basis for one or more stations as needed.[1]