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

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Daniel Majano is the program director for the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to education on electrical safety. Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025 Hall was the program director for two seasons before her promotion to assistant director of operations. Kevin Utz, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025 Doug Kowalewski, a program director who lost his job at the National Science Foundation last month, will be a guest of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D, Mass.). Nik Popli, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 Jason Walker, Psy.D., Ph.D., program director and associate professor of industrial-organizational and applied psychology at Adler University, said the back-to-work mandate culture may feel like a loss of trust and autonomy to employees. Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for program director

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 14 May. 2025.

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