If you ve learned everything you know about management from working as a producer at a TV station, you may not have learned much. Or, you may have learned a lot of bad habits. Local stations, like many other industries, are notorious for caring a lot more about product than people.
Managers often get little training, and use the trial and error method to discover what works.
Typically, the General Manager manages mostly down, as do most Station Managers. They may also manage each other. Producers manage up and down. The degree to which depends upon the newsroom. If you want to be an AND, EP or ME, you may think you need to emulate the News Director.