Duties
Experience level
The position of music director, or curator, may or may not exist on the local level. The larger station groups determine the music mix at the corporate level and it's often pre-programmed at corporate, or out-sourced to companies providing radio stations with research-driven automated playlists. At stations where there is still a music director, this person is able to delve into the music entertainment world, following trends and having the power to identify and bring new recording artists to the attention of listening audiences. Quite a number started out as station disc jockeys and moved their ways up.