Program Coordinator
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Fox TV StationsFOX Television Stations owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. These include stations located in 14 of the top 15 largest designated market areas, or DMAs, and duopolies in 11 DMAs, including the three largest DMAs (New York, Los Angeles and Chicago). Of these stations, 18 are affiliated with the FOX Network. In addition to distributing sports, entertainment and syndicated content, our television stations collectively produce approximately 1,200 hours of local news every week. These stations leverage viewer, distributor and advertiser demand for the FOX Network’s national content.JOB DESCRIPTION
Fox Television Stations is hiring a Program Coordinator with a shared responsibility for managing the lifecycle of television programming across multiple markets. This position ensures the operational success of the station group by entering and maintaining complex program schedules and contracts, and serving as the primary liaison between syndicators, Program Managers and local station departments. The ideal candidate will possess high attention to detail and the ability to coordinate data across various broadcasting platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Create and maintain network and syndication schedules in program management systems.
Maintain syndication information in internal programming databases.
Act as the primary point of contact for syndicator portals, distributing critical metadata—such as formats, feed times, and episodic schedules—to engineering, master control, traffic, and creative services.
Assist Program Managers with schedule distribution to external listings services and station personnel.
Notify the group regarding changes to network or syndication schedules and maintain market-specific program change distribution lists.
Enter new syndication contracts into program management systems and monitor program usage.
Provide local markets with necessary programming data for FCC Quarterly Issues and provide E/I usage reports for annual FCC filings.
Assist with data maintenance and best practice reviews within various industry software applications.
Serve as a backup resource for the Program Manager team.
Qualifications
Technical Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) is preferred.
Experience with (or ability to learn) program management systems and listings guides for linear/streaming is highly desirable.
Meticulous attention to detail with the ability to enter and maintain data accurately across multiple systems.
Excellent communications skills with a strong ability to coordinate between group-level management and local station departments.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $31.25-33.65 per hour for high cost labour markets such as but not limited to New York City and Los Angeles, $26.00-28.00 per hour for all other US locations. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Apply To This Job