Broadcast Technician

Broadcast Technician — Horizon Media Group

Philadelphia, PA | September 2023 – Present

• Maintained 99.998% broadcast transmission uptime for a 24/7 television station, systematically monitoring and adjusting RF power levels, transmitter parameters, and signal paths to ensure compliance with FCC regulations.
• Configured and calibrated 40+ IP-based video routers and audio consoles using SMPTE ST 2110 and AES67 standards, reducing signal transmission latency by 18% and improving multi-channel routing flexibility across 4 studios.
• Diagnosed and resolved over 150 critical equipment anomalies—including satellite receiver failures and encoder sync issues—during live news segments, reducing average system recovery time from 12 minutes to under 3 minutes.
• Led a facility-wide upgrade of the digital playout automation software across 6 control rooms, training a team of 15 production staff and cutting playout formatting errors by 32% over a 6-month period.

Broadcast Technician — Beacon Media Partners

Pittsburgh, PA | June 2021 – August 2023

• Operated and configured terrestrial satellite uplinks and downlinks for 12 weekly live sports broadcasts, achieving zero signal dropouts and ensuring high-fidelity transmission to regional distribution hubs.
• Conducted preventative maintenance and diagnostic sweeps on 50+ RF amplifiers, antennas, and coaxial transmission lines, identifying and resolving 14 potential points of failure prior to scheduled air times.
• Assisted in the technical setup and cable management of a new $450,000 production studio, terminating over 300 BNC and fiber-optic cables to support uncompressed SDI video routing at 12 Gbps.
• Managed the station's digital media asset library, ingestion processes, and transcoder server farms, increasing content processing throughput by 25% and reducing storage utilization by 40 TB.

RF signal analysis, IP video routing, SMPTE ST 2110, AES67 audio, Satellite uplink/downlink operations, Waveform monitors, Vectorscopes, Digital playout automation, SDI infrastructure, Fiber-optic cable termination, FCC regulatory compliance, Transmitter maintenance, Avid iNEWS, Grass Valley switchers, Preventative maintenance, Technical troubleshooting

IP Media Migration Initiative

Role: Lead Technical Integrator

Tools: SMPTE ST 2110, Cisco Nexus Switches, EVS Cerebrum, AES67

Directed the transition of the primary master control room from baseband SDI to IP-based routing, reducing hardware cabling costs by $65,000 and decreasing channel deployment time by 40%.

High-Power Transmitter Overhaul

Role: Systems Technician

Tools: Rohde & Schwarz Transmitters, RF Power Meters, Spectrum Analyzers

Replaced aging tube-based RF amplifiers with solid-state transmitter units, achieving a 22% reduction in station power consumption and increasing signal coverage area by 15%.

• Certified Broadcast Technologist (CBT) - SBE (2021)
• Certified Broadcast Networking Technologist (CBNT) - SBE (2023)
• General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL) - FCC (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Broadcast technical advisor for community radio station projects (2022–present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice