WLWT-TV, the Hearst Television owned NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, is recruiting college students for our 10-week, paid summer internship program. The internship focuses on exposing and actively engaging in all aspects of television production with specific focus on engineering, IT, and the support roles within a live broadcast facility.

Successful Completion of Internship:

• Perform the duties of an operating engineer, maintenance engineering, and/or IT specialist during a live newscast or event.

• After completing the internship, the intern should understand the role of the technology department in broadcast television, have an understanding of the various support roles within the department and be prepared for an entry level position in broadcast technology fields.

Syllabus for Technology Internship

Week 1: Orientation, Station & Departmental Overviews, Workflow

• Tour the station.

• Be introduced to technology personnel.

• Receive an overview of the production process including interdepartmental processes.

• Watch newscasts with technology team supervisors.

• Meet with individual departmental managers.

• Review departmental dependencies and relationships with engineering and IT.

Week 2: Operations

• Broadcast

• Receive exposure to various facets of broadcast operations including roles and responsibilities.

News Operations.

• Production Control and Studio Operations.

• Master Control Operations.

• Creative Services Operations.

• Discuss FCC compliance (CALM, Transmitter Power Level Requirements, Licensing, Logging, EAS, Emergency information requirements, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio, Children’s Programming).

Week 3: Information Technology

• Infrastructure Overview.

• Broadcast Production Network Overview.

• Virtual Environments.

• Production Applications – ENPS, HATMOS, Vizrt.

• IT systems integrations within each department.

• Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.

Week 4: Engineering Focused

• Broadcast systems and equipment.
• Signal flows.
• Equipment troubleshooting and repair.
• Planning and installation.
• RF Systems (Microwave, Transmitter, Satellite)
• Baseband equipment overview
• IP infrastructure migration.
• Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.

Weeks 5 & 6: Technology Focused

• User Support from workstations to mobile devices.

• Security – software updates, critical updates, Anti-Virus (Crowdstrike), Image Assistant.

• Systems and support

• Remote access and contribution.

• Software by department and function.

• Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.

Weeks 7 & 8: Operations Focused

• Production Control

• News Set Operations

• News Crew – Field Operations

• Content Acquisition – SNG, ENG, CNG, TVU

• Transmitters

• Content propagation – OTA, MVPD, OTT

• Broadcast Workflow and Automation Processes.

• Hands-on Work Experience as applicable.

Weeks 9 & 10: Hands-on Work Experience

These weeks are dedicated to further exposure and practical experience in the intern’s area(s) of interest.

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.