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Media Programming Directors

US evidence · AI already used for 0 of 10 main tasks · Check another job

Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in preparation of radio or television station program schedules and programs, such as sports or news.

10 main tasks · most important first

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Importance

01Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.Mostly human for now
02Check completed program logs for accuracy and conformance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations and resolve program log inaccuracies.AI could speed this up a lot
03Read news, read or record public service and promotional announcements, or perform other on-air duties.AI could speed this up a lot
04Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in broadcast news, sports, or programming.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
05Monitor and review programming to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
06Prepare copy and edit tape so that material is ready for broadcasting.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
07Coordinate activities between departments, such as news and programming.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
08Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
09Establish work schedules and assign work to staff members.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
10Develop promotions for current programs and specials.AI could speed this up, with extra tools

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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Where these numbers come from

O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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