How to say "program" in Japanese

• 番組ばんぐみJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe word for a television or radio program — a show. Use it whenever 'program' means something you watch or listen to on TV or radio.
  今晩こんばんどんな番組ばんぐみがありますか。↗

  What's on the air this evening?
• プログラムJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounFor 'program' as a program of events or music — think concerts, ceremonies, festivals — and also for a computer program. A TV program is 番組, not this word.
  プログラムは今頃いまごろもう始はじまっているはずです。だから、前半ぜんはんはたぶん観みられないでしょう。↗

  The program should have started by now, so we'll probably miss the first half.
• 放送ほうそうJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbMeans broadcasting or a broadcast — the transmission of radio and TV. Its link to 'program' is loose; for a program as a show, 番組 is the word you want.
  ニュースは毎時まいじ放送ほうそうしています。↗

  We broadcast news on the hour.
• コードJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounPrimarily 'code' — in computing, what programs are written in — its 'program' sense is marginal; for a computer program, プログラム is the word you want.
  Ｍａｃ ＯＳ Ｘといっても、Ｍａｃ ＯＳのコードをバージョンアップした訳わけではない。↗

  Although it's "Mac OS X", that doesn't mean that the Mac OS code itself has been upgraded to a new version.
• スケジュールJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounMeans schedule — a timetable of appointments or events. Its overlap with 'program' is limited to that sense; for a program of events or music, プログラム is the word.
  スケジュールがバッティングしなきゃ大丈夫だいじょうぶです。↗

  The schedule's fine as long as nothing clashes.

Use 番組 for TV and radio programs and 「プログラム」 for event or concert programs and computer programs; 放送, 「コード」 and 「スケジュール」 really mean broadcast, code and schedule, covering 'program' only marginally.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 番組ばんぐみprogram (e.g. TV)
• プログラムprogram (of events, music, etc.)
• 放送ほうそうbroadcasting
• コードcode
• スケジュールschedule
• 演目えんもくprogram (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.)
• 日程にっていschedule
• 段取りだんどりprogramme
• 予定よていplans
• 出し物だしものprogram (e.g. theatre, theater)
• 予定表よていひょうschedule
• 計画けいかくplan
• 予定案よていあんprogram
• タイムスケジュールtime schedule
• 手はずてはずarrangements
• 方案ほうあんplan
• 計画書けいかくしょplan
• プロprogram
• メニューschedule
• コースcourse (of study)
• 献立こんだてprogram
• 事業じぎょう(social) project
• 番付ばんづけprogram (e.g. theatre)
• 日割りひわり(day-by-day) schedule
• 行程表こうていひょうroad map
• 曲目きょくもく(musical) program
• カードcard
• 次第しだいorder