At a television broadcaster or network, you coordinate the programming schedule — coordinating program slots, supporting affiliate communications, processing schedule changes, maintaining the schedule records that programming, sales, and operations depend on.
Most weeks tend to involve schedule maintenance, change coordination, affiliate and operations support, and the steady cadence of cross-department communication — processing schedule changes from programming, communicating updates to affiliates and operations, maintaining the broadcast schedule of record, supporting traffic and operations teams. You're often the operational source of truth on what airs when. Schedule accuracy and change distribution are the operating measures.
The harder part is often the cross-functional cascade of schedule changes — a single programming change ripples through traffic, operations, master control, sales, affiliates, and listings services, and the coordinator manages the cascade. Variance across employers runs wide: at major networks the function is structured with specialized roles; at local stations or specialty channels the coordinator handles broader scheduling work.
It fits people who are detail-oriented, calm under broadcast deadlines, and patient with cross-department coordination. Broadcast-operations credentials and industry training anchor advancement. The trade-off is the broadcast-deadline rhythm — schedules need to be right before air, and the consequence of errors is publicly visible.
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View all Admin & Office roles →At a television broadcaster or network, you coordinate the programming schedule — coordinating program slots, supporting affiliate communications, processing schedule changes, maintaining the schedule records that programming, sales, and operations depend on.
Median pay for a Television Schedule Coordinator is about $58K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $39K to $85K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Time Management, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.8% through 2034, with roughly 385,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Project Manager, Technical Project Manager (Technical PM), and Human Resources Project Manager (HR Project Manager).
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