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KBIA is currently hiring for our Program Director

Program Director - KBIA-FM/KMUC-FM

The KBIA Program Director (Media Production Director III) position oversees all over-the-air programming of both KBIA and KMUC Radio. This entails evaluating current and future programs for air, both from NPR and locally produced recordings. There is direct supervision of full-time on-air personalities and supervising the traffic manager for both stations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the local in-studio host of programs. Conduct local breaks that consist of forward promotion that aims to extend the time spent listening by the audience.
• Live-read local underwriting announcements, air recorded promos for local and national programming, record national funding credits, and update the listening audience on weather and current times of interest.
• Interface with students and professional staff from the KBIA newsroom to air regular local newscasts and plays locally produced features and interviews.
• Supervise direct reports, assign producers their weekly on-air hosting shifts, review and evaluate those on-air shifts to ensure compliance with tasks like completing underwriting announcements, being consistent in station promotion and branding, and effectiveness of on-air breaks to retain audience as relates to their structure and execution.
• Field any issues with software and audio files or with students or professional personnel that might affect announcers and their ability to execute their responsibilities correctly.
• Ensure that recorded program files are in the system correctly and program the software to play back the correct files at the correct time.
• Evaluate programs on the quality and content of the program against our known listener profiles and demographics to determine if the programming will be of interest and value to our listeners.
• Evaluate the success and failures of programming using Nielsen and other research data.
• Work with the School of Journalism and other University of Missouri personnel on special projects.
• Assist in review and approval of on-air underwriting copy, abiding by FCC regulations and KBIA standards and best practices.
• Coordinate and file required usage reports to music licensing organizations and assist in uploading required reports to the FCC.
• Other duties as assigned.

Shift

Monday-Friday.
Typical on-air shifts take place between 6 am and 6 pm.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 4 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary

Anticipated Hiring Range

Salary Range: $63,000 - $70,000
Grade: GGS-011
University Title: Media Production Director III

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Application Materials

To apply, please visit https://hr.missouri.edu/job-openings and search for Job ID 54204 to access the online application system.
Cover letter, Resume, list of three references

Application Deadline

January 19, 2025

Other Information
KBIA News is an award-winning, innovative newsroom located in the university town of Columbia, on the campus of the oldest journalism school in the world, the Missouri School of Journalism. Reporters at KBIA News cover this dynamic Mid-Missouri community, coach and edit journalism students, and file reports and features to NPR and other national programs. KBIA News enjoys close collaborations with Missouri public radio stations, the Harvest Public Media and Side Effects Public Media Local Journalism Centers, and with innovative campus organizations such as Investigative Reporters and Editors (I.R.E) and Reynolds Journalism Institute. KBIA staff also lead the way in innovative technologies and storytelling techniques, through community storytelling projects like Missouri Health Talks, and big data projects like Access Missouri. KBIA’s unique relationship with the journalism school means that this role serves on the staff of the Missouri School of Journalism, and the role includes classroom teaching duties as well as supervising and editing Journalism students in the newsroom. This J School partnership allows for an innovative, dynamic news environment that provides opportunities for a hard-working journalist to gain new skills, foster new media relationship and grow professionally. As evidence of all those efforts, in 2020, KBIA was honored with the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.

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Columbia offers small-town friendliness with big city features and a high quality of life for people of all ages and interests. Founded on education and known as an ideal college town, its location also makes it an attractive spot for businesses and travelers. Located on Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 63, Columbia is right in the middle of the state and the nation. Just a couple hours’ drive from St. Louis and Kansas City, Columbia is Boone County’s largest population center offering big-city culture, activities, and resources with a low cost of living. Columbia is home to a variety of restaurants and entertainment venues and hosts more than a dozen cultural festivals each year. If you want to grow your career, continue your education, raise a family, and retire, Columbia is a good place to be!

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