A chief engineer is an employee who primarily supervises the
operation maintenance and repair of all electronic equipment in the
studio and at the transmitter and is licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission as a Radio Telephone Operator First Class. In
small stations, only one such engineer may be employed, and in some
cases he may be assisted by part-time workers from other departments.
The engineer in such cases will be regarded as employed as the ``chief
engineer'' for purposes of the section 13(b) (9) exemption provided that
he performs the duties described above and is properly licensed by the
Federal Communications Commission. Where two or more engineers are
employed by a station, only one may qualify as ``chief engineer''--that
one who, on the basis of the factual situation, is in charge of the
engineering work.
