Engineering Apprenticeship
About Us
WNYT NewsChannel 13 is the award-winning NBC affiliate for New York State's Capital Region. We're a longtime market leader and we're committed to excellence in all we do. Whether it's live coverage of breaking news, investigative stories focused on finding solutions, or -- now more than ever -- top-notch digital content, we reach our viewers and followers across all platforms with the information they need to be informed, stay safe and plan their day.
New York's Capital Region is diverse and unique, offering a range of activities and experiences within reach all year long. Enjoy craft breweries and fine dining, water sports, winter sports, the hustle and bustle of city life -- or the calm, beautiful quiet of the Catskills. Albany sits just three hours from New York City or Boston, making experiences outside of the region just a drive, bus ride or train ride away. Whether you're an avid skier, a fan of farmers markets, enjoy theater, live music, professional sports, history, nature -- or all of the above -- the Capital Region has something for you.
When you work for Hubbard Broadcasting and WNYT, you're part of a team of dedicated and passionate professionals, pushing every day to serve our community. Here, collaboration is at the forefront, good ideas can come from anywhere and our community comes first. We're committed to the health and growth of our station culture and believe in a work environment that includes diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We strive to tell the stories of our community through the diverse eyes of our staff and provide an unbiased platform for all viewpoints. We push to advance our station culture through training, employee engagement and our everyday investment in each other.
New York's Capital Region is diverse and unique, offering a range of activities and experiences within reach all year long. Enjoy craft breweries and fine dining, water sports, winter sports, the hustle and bustle of city life -- or the calm, beautiful quiet of the Catskills. Albany sits just three hours from New York City or Boston, making experiences outside of the region just a drive, bus ride or train ride away. Whether you're an avid skier, a fan of farmers markets, enjoy theater, live music, professional sports, history, nature -- or all of the above -- the Capital Region has something for you.
When you work for Hubbard Broadcasting and WNYT, you're part of a team of dedicated and passionate professionals, pushing every day to serve our community. Here, collaboration is at the forefront, good ideas can come from anywhere and our community comes first. We're committed to the health and growth of our station culture and believe in a work environment that includes diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We strive to tell the stories of our community through the diverse eyes of our staff and provide an unbiased platform for all viewpoints. We push to advance our station culture through training, employee engagement and our everyday investment in each other.
Compensation and Benefits
When extending an offer, the company considers a variety of factors such as (but not limited to) the candidate's work experience, education/training & key skills as well as internal peer equity and other market and business considerations.
The pay for this position will be $15.50 per hour.
For information regarding our benefits, please copy the link below and paste in your browser:
https://hubbardbroadcasting.com/our-company/working-here/
Diversity Statement
Hubbard Broadcasting has been committed to representing the communities we serve since our founding over 100 years ago. The same holds true today. We know the best way to accomplish this is by recruiting and retaining top talent from diverse cultures, life experiences, and world views. With dignity and respect, we value YOU and everything that makes YOU uniquely YOU.
Job Overview
WNYT-TV NewsChannel 13/WNYA My4 Albany is participating in the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association Engineering Apprenticeship program for 2025. A candidate will be chosen to complete a Summer or Fall internship, up to 240 hours, in which they will be exposed to the full array of career opportunities available in the Engineering and IT areas of the TV Broadcast industry.
Job Responsibilities
This opportunity provides interns with the chance to witness and experience first-hand the operational and technical procedures of a television station.
The Apprentice can expect to do:
- Master Control operations
- General maintenance and IT work
- Other engineering duties as assigned
Qualifications
In order to qualify for the apprentice program, students should:
- May be entering their junior or senior year at an accredited college or university.
- Be majoring in engineering, IT, computer programming, mechanics, or a broadcast-related field.
- Have good computer skills, excellent written and verbal communication abilities and knowledge of current events. A 3.0 GPA or above is recommended.
- Interview with WNYT/WNYA.
- Be a Massachusetts resident OR a non-resident student currently attending an accredited college or university in the Commonwealth.
Please complete our application process through www.hubbardbroadcasting.com
Be sure to include a resume and cover letter explaining why you feel you are a good fit for this opportunity. No phone calls please.
Pay rate: $15.50/hour
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.
