program director

American  

noun

Radio and Television.

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

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Etymology

Origin of program director

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

This is a time of “intense identity building” for people transitioning from children to adults, said Gregory Leskin, a psychologist and program director with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

A documentary producer was hired as the project’s program director and was succeeded by a recent college graduate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

I point out the irony, therefore, of making heat pumps here to TJ Root, Octopus's Cosy program director, after my factory tour.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

He said, ‘Sir, I’ve been given guidance by the program director to give completely different directions.’

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell