Broadcast technician

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In broadcast engineering, a broadcast technician is a professional responsible for the maintenance and operation of equipment used to record and transmit radio and television programs.{{Cite book |title=Careers in Communications & Media |date=2014 |publisher=Grey House Publishing/Salem Press |isbn=978-1-61925-230-1 |editor-last=Shally-Jensen |editor-first=Michael |location=Armenia, New York |pages=41–54}} They work with television cameras, microphones, tape recorders, light and sound effects, transmitters, antennas, and other equipment.{{cite web |title="Technologists and Technicians, Except Health : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 2400-11 |series=Occupational Outlook Handbook |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/3964/item/583154 |publisher=United States Bureau of Labor Statistics |access-date=7 July 2024 |date=1992}}{{source attribution}}