Morning Show Host

Appleton, WI
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Job Description

CUMULUS MEDIA/Appleton-Oshkosh, Wisconsin is looking for a dynamic Morning Show Host for its legendary Conservative Talk and News station WOSH AM (with FM translator). We just celebrated our 83rd anniversary and are looking for an engaging presence to guide us to our next milestone.

The WOSH host shares the community voice and opinions and encourages listeners in the Fox River Valley to engage with the topics of the day, whether they agree (or even disagree) with us. Our talent, news, the sound of the station, and promotions are all forward thinking. If you are as well, maybe Wisconsin should be on your radar!

Who We Are:

CUMULUS | Appleton-Oshkosh, WI currently features 5 stations including heritage News Radio WOSH AM, WVBO FM. WPKR FM, WWWX FM and WNAM AM. At Cumulus Appleton we strive to hire passionate, driven, resourceful, problem solvers who have the ability to drive the evolving, diverse culture of the Power of Radio to success. The cluster of 5 stations reaches 210,000 on a weekly basis.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Create a daily live and local program hyper-focused on the Fox River Valley and Oshkosh in particular
  • Produce a compelling radio show by using creativity, imagination and exercise of independent professional judgment in writing, producing, interviewing, taping or broadcasting on-air content
  • Socially informed and perceptive; up-to-date and in tune daily with the local and national trends and/or specialized knowledge of topics/events related to on-air discussions
  • Engage the community and maintain/develop broad-based relationships
  • Successful talk-based programming/on-air experience backed by Nielsen results if available
  • Savvy computer skills and proficiency with news gathering and topic selection
  • Make station appearances at community events/remotes and represent station
  • Be organized and able to manage systems for show prep and content delivery on multiple platforms
  • Ability to multi-task and the discipline to focus on what is the highest and best use of your time
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Creative and strategic problem solver
  • Proficient in digital audio editing and production using various software packages
  • Work with station promotions director to maximize digital assets including websites, social media presence
  • Great with phones/interacting with callers, interviewing guests and hosting live events
  • Connect with listeners via phones, social, video, web and on-site
  • Daily social media engagement; website and digital content generation
  • Participate in station Programming, Promotions, and Sales meetings and events
  • Commercial production; create killer endorsement ads – both on air and online – for mutually agreed upon products
  • Handles emergency news/weather in show; on call for weather disasters/breaking news

Ensures logged commercials, promotions, sweepers and any other programming element essential to the station's operations are aired

Job Requirements:

To upload your air-check, please paste the audio file into a Word document and save with name format Lastname.Audio and upload as part of your application by selecting “Include a cover letter”. Instructions are also provided on the application form.

Qualifications:

  • 3 + years of Full-Time On-Air experience with successful ratings history required
  • Strong production skills and knowledge of Op X, VOX Pro/Adobe Audition and Audacity
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite and social networking
  • Strong knowledge of all FCC rules and regulations
  • Socially informed and perceptive; up-to-date and in tune daily with the local and national trends and/or specialized knowledge of topics/events related to on-air discussions
  • Demonstrated upbeat personality, informative, entertaining and engaging on the air; able to relate to station audience
  • Pleasant, charismatic and well-controlled voice; excellent pronunciation
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and editing skills; proficient in grammar; ability to make others feel comfortable and open up on air
  • Demonstrated creativity and imagination
  • Can work well in a team environment; collaborative

What we offer:

  • Competitive pay
  • Professional growth and career path
  • Focused, responsible and collaborative work environment with the ability, to ask “what if” and try innovative solutions
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance coverage
  • 401K with company match to plan for the long-term
  • Paid Vacation & Holidays

For immediate consideration, please visit

https://cumulusmedia.jobs.net/

For more information about CUMULUS MEDIA, visit our website at:

https://www.cumulusmedia.com/

CUMULUS MEDIA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).


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Job Snapshot

Employee Type

Full-Time

Location

Appleton, WI (Onsite)

Job Type

Media - Journalism - Newspaper

Experience

Not Specified

Date Posted

09/05/2024

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