program director

noun

: one in charge of planning and scheduling program material for a radio or television station or network

Examples of program director in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Outside his Senate job, Ferguson had worked for the past three years as a program director for nonprofit America Achieves, leading a state recovery initiative that emerged in the wake of the pandemic. Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024 Tepper was way more than a radio station program director. Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 Jeremy Tepper, a musician, journalist and the program director of SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country channel, has died. Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 15 June 2024 The program stopped its experiments prior to Alameda’s public announcement, according to a statement released by Dr. Rob Wood, principal investigator and Dr. Sarah Doherty, program director. Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for program director 

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Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of program director was in 1901

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“Program director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program%20director. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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