Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.

“Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.” is a supplemental task performed by Media Programming Directors. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 23rd by importance (#1 most important). About 82% 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 communications equipment or systems. in Controlling Machines and Processes
• Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Check completed program logs for accuracy and conformance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations and resolve program log inaccuracies. · importance 4.2
• Read news, read or record public service and promotional announcements, or perform other on-air duties. · importance 4.2
• Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in broadcast news, sports, or programming. · importance 4.0
• Monitor and review programming to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality. · importance 4.0
• Prepare copy and edit tape so that material is ready for broadcasting. · importance 4.0
• Coordinate activities between departments, such as news and programming. · importance 4.0
• Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance. · importance 3.9
• Establish work schedules and assign work to staff members. · importance 3.9
• Develop promotions for current programs and specials. · importance 3.8
• Plan and schedule programming and event coverage, based on broadcast length, time availability, and other factors, such as community needs, ratings data, and viewer demographics. · importance 3.8
• Monitor network transmissions for advisories concerning daily program schedules, program content, special feeds, or program changes. · importance 3.7
• Develop ideas for programs and features that a station could produce. · importance 3.6
• Select, acquire, and maintain programs, music, films, and other needed materials and obtain legal clearances for their use as necessary. · importance 3.6
• Evaluate new and existing programming to assess suitability and the need for changes, using information such as audience surveys and feedback. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Media Programming Directors 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-7680,
  title  = {Operate and maintain on-air and production audio equipment.},
  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-7680}
}