Editing Broadcast engineering (section)

{{Short description|Field of engineering dealing with radio and television broadcasting}}
{{redirect distinguish|Radio engineering|Radio-frequency engineering}}
{{Infobox Occupation
| name= Broadcast engineering
| image=Broadcast engineering Lecture, Saudi Arabia 03.png
| caption=
| type= [[profession]]
| official_names= Broadcast engineer
Broadcast [[design engineer]]<br />
Broadcast [[systems engineering|systems engineer]]<br />
Broadcast [[information technology|IT]] engineer<br />
Broadcast [[information technology|IT]] [[systems engineering|systems engineer]]<br />
Broadcast [[network engineer]]<br />
Broadcast [[maintenance engineering|maintenance engineer]]<br />
[[Video]] broadcast engineer<br />
[[Television studio|TV studio]] broadcast engineer<br />
[[Outside broadcasting|Outside broadcast]] engineer<br />
[[Remote broadcast]] engineer
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| activity_sector=
| competencies= Technical knowledge, Management skills, Professionalism
| formation= see [[#Qualifications|professional requirements]]
| employment_field= [[Radio]], [[television]], [[military]]
| related_occupation= [[Engineering technologist|Technologist]], [[RF engineer]], [[engineering technician]], [[Technical operator]]
| average_salary=
}}

'''Broadcast engineering''' or '''radio engineering''' is the field of [[electrical engineering]], and now to some extent [[computer engineering]] and [[information technology]], which deals with [[radio]] and [[television]] [[broadcasting]]. [[Audio engineering]] and [[RF engineering]] are also essential parts of broadcast engineering, being their own [[subset]]s of electrical engineering.

Broadcast engineering involves both the [[Television studio|studio]] and [[transmitter]] aspects (the entire [[airchain]]), as well as [[remote broadcast]]s. Every [[Broadcast network|station]] has a broadcast [[engineer]], though one may now serve an entire station group in a city. In small [[media market]]s the engineer may work on a [[contract]] basis for one or more stations as needed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/occupations/p/broadcst_sound.htm |title=about.com - Broadcast Technician or Sound Engineering Technician: Career Information |publisher=Careerplanning.about.com |date=2010-11-08 |access-date=2013-08-03 |archive-date=2009-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126204416/http://careerplanning.about.com/cs/occupations/p/broadcst_sound.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>