Roles in The Radio

Board Op – This person is responsible for controlling the console in the radio and makes sure that the programme airs without any problems.
Producer – this is the person responsible for lining up the guest of the radio show and a bridge between the management and the talent as well as the day to day business. Because of all this responsibility it is considered a well paid job .
Engineer – The person responsible for fixing the technical equipment such as the CD player and transmitter. Program Director – The person responsible for deciding or contributing to the decision of the promotions, music, imaging and most things that affect the "product".
Music Director – the person responsible for deciding what songs will be played and how often as well as what new songs will be added to the library and by doing this they also act as a bridge between record companies and record promoters.
Promotions Director – Responsible for how the promotions will be carried out as well as planning them and working with third parties and trying to do promotions with stations. Account Representative – responsible for selling radio time.
Traffic – After they have received the commercials from account representatives they must pass them on to the production director to insert them into the system. The traffic department then creates the daily log of commercials that are scheduled to run.
Production Director –Responsible for creating commercials, promotional announcements, and other audio elements. They do this by adding music, sound effects, and anything necessary to make a written material sound great.
General Manager – This is the person that keeps everything going. He supervises all features of a Radio station.