Overview
WZGC is entering its 10 th year as Atlanta's Sports Leader. Flagship home of the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Untied with Live and Local Personalities, WZGC covers the news of the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB SEC, ACC and more.
Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Responsible for the total supervision, direction, and overall performance level of all station news personnel functions, with specific emphasis on program coordination, mix, content, scheduling, budgeting and play-by-play broadcasts
Responsible for adherence and compliance to Company program standards and FCC regulations.
Establishes and communicates programming and content goals and vision, and then clearly measures their results.
Provides programming leadership in the role of developing creative solutions for station advertising client
Uses promotional strengths of the radio station to help achieve corporate goals.
Provides rating analysis and reporting.
Coach talent and measures performance of all department staff.
Establishes long range plans and a vision for daily content that entertains, informs and engages audiences both on-air and digitally.
Maintains on-going communications with external industry and public organizations including Atlanta area pro and college teams
Supervises use of any syndicated and/or outside services
Develop Entertainment and Sports events to enhance station's Marketing and Sales opportunities
Other duties and responsibilities as required.
Qualifications
More About You:
Required:
Minimum of5 years in radio sports programming leadership or Sports content development a must.
Must be self-motivated and possess excellent communication and leadership skills.
Knowledge of FCC rules, geographical demographics and familiarity with broadcast area required.
Experience with Professional and Collegiate Sports teams and with great knowledge of Atlanta and Georgia teams preferred.
Experience recruiting and coaching on-air and support talent a must.
Physical Requirement:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Vaccination Requirements
To help promote and ensure the safety of all of our employees and the communities we serve, we require all incoming employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination, which will be kept confidential. If you are not vaccinated, or partially vaccinated currently, but willing to become fully vaccinated, we invite you to still apply.
Audacy is committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all and we recognize that some individuals may have a sincerely held religious belief as it pertains to the practice of immunization or a medical disability which may prevent them from becoming vaccinated. Individuals who cannot be fully vaccinated due to a sincere religious belief or medical disability may request an accommodation. We request that you refrain from discussing religious beliefs or medical conditions during the interview process. If you believe you need an accommodation, you will have an opportunity to submit your request during the interview process. All requests for accommodation will remain confidential and reviewed by selected individuals within the HR department. We cannot guarantee that all requests for accommodation will be granted. Please refer to our EEO policy and statement below.
About Us
Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best radio broadcasting group, a leader in virtually every segment of audio, and America's #1 creator of original, premium audio. Audacy engages over 170 million consumers each month, bringing people together around the news, sports, podcasts and music that matter to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com , Facebook (Audacy Corp) and Twitter (@AudacyCorp).
EEO
Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Job Locations USA-GA-Atlanta
ID 2022-4050
Category Programming
Type Regular
