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program director

American  

noun

Radio and Television.
  1. a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.


Etymology

Origin of program director

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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The aesthetics program director told Adeli to smile big before pressing a needle of Botox into the skin around her outer eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Giavanna Vega, a former entry-level recruiter and internship program director at Automation Anywhere, which streamlines business processes, described the hiring environment as at a standstill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Brad Handler is the program director of the Institutes’s Energy Finance Lab.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

He later graduated from UC Berkeley, where he chaired a student-run summer program in Washington, D.C., and started his media career as the program director for the university’s radio station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

I answer their questions and tell them, “The thing I like most about this program is that the mentors and program director really listen.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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