Operate control consoles.

“Operate control consoles.” is a core task performed by Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 22nd by importance (#3 most important). About 74% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Operate audiovisual or related equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read news flashes to inform audiences of important events. · importance 4.6
• Announce musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accept requests from listening audience. · importance 4.6
• Identify stations, and introduce or close shows, ad-libbing or using memorized or read scripts. · importance 4.5
• Study background information to prepare for programs or interviews. · importance 4.4
• Prepare and deliver news, sports, or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots. · importance 4.4
• Record commercials for later broadcast. · importance 4.3
• Keep daily program logs to provide information on all elements aired during broadcast, such as musical selections and station promotions. · importance 4.3
• Develop story lines for broadcasts. · importance 4.2
• Select program content, in conjunction with producers and assistants, based on factors such as program specialties, audience tastes, or requests from the public. · importance 4.1
• Write and edit video and scripts for broadcasts. · importance 4.0
• Interview show guests about their lives, their work, or topics of current interest. · importance 4.0
• Maintain organization of the music library. · importance 4.0
• Comment on music and other matters, such as weather or traffic conditions. · importance 3.9
• Make promotional appearances at public or private events to represent their employers. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-3934,
  title  = {Operate control consoles.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-3934}
}