2025 WLWT Summer Intern - Technical
2025 WLWT Summer Intern - Technical
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Job Description
WLWTTV the Hearst Television owned NBC affiliate in Cincinnati is recruiting college students for our 10 12week paid summer internship program.The internship focuses on exposing and actively engaging in all aspects of television production with specific focus on engineering IT and the support roles within a live broadcast facility. This role reports to the Chief Engineer.
Successful Completion of Internship:
- Perform the duties of an operating engineer maintenance engineering and/or IT specialist during a live newscast or event.
- After completing the internship the intern should understand the role of the technology department in broadcast television have an understanding of the various support roles within the department and be prepared for an entry level position in broadcast technology fields.
- Inperson attendance is required.
Syllabus for Technology Internship
Week 1: Orientation Station & Departmental Overviews Workflow
- Tour the station.
- Be introduced to technology personnel.
- Receive an overview of the production process including interdepartmental processes.
- Watch newscasts with technology team supervisors.
- Meet with individual departmental managers.
- Review departmental dependencies and relationships with engineering and IT.
Week 2: Operations Broadcast
- Receive exposure to various facets of broadcast operations including roles and responsibilities.
- News Operations.
- Production Control and Studio Operations.
- Master Control Operations.
- Creative Services Operations.
- Discuss FCC compliance (CALM Transmitter Power Level Requirements Licensing Logging EAS Emergency information requirements Closed Captioning Descriptive Audio Childrens Programming).
Week 3: Information Technology
- Infrastructure Overview.
- Broadcast Production Network Overview.
- Virtual Environments.
- Production Applications ENPS HATMOS Vizrt.
- IT systems integrations within each department.
- Handson Work Experience as applicable.
Week 4: Engineering Focused
- Broadcast systems and equipment.
- Signal flows.
- Equipment troubleshooting and repair.
- Planning and installation.
- RF Systems (Microwave Transmitter Satellite).
- Baseband equipment overview.
- IP infrastructure migration.
- Handson Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 5 & 6: Technology Focused
- User Support from workstations to mobile devices.
- Security software updates critical updates AntiVirus (Crowdstrike) Image Assistant.
- Systems and support.
- Remote access and contribution.
- Software by department and function.
- Handson Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 7 & 8: Operations Focused
- Production Control.
- News Set Operations.
- News Crew Field Operations.
- Content Acquisition SNG ENG CNG TVU.
- Transmitters.
- Content propagation OTA MVPD OTT.
- Broadcast Workflow and Automation Processes.
- Handson Work Experience as applicable.
Weeks 9 & 10: Handson Work Experience
These weeks are dedicated to further exposure and practical experience in the interns area(s) of interest.
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures backgrounds perspectives and identities. Thats why behind the scenes we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate and more representative of the communities we serve.
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
