[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR793.9]

[Page 739]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 793_EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION EMPLOYEES 
 
Sec. 793.9  ``Chief engineer.''

    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.