Overnight Anchor / Reporter

Job Description

Overview

WBBM Newsradio, Chicago's number one news station, is looking for a talented Overnight Anchor/Reporter hybrid with an enterprising attitude and impressive work ethic to join our team of award-winning journalists. This is a full-time position. Shifts will primarily consist of late evening into overnight hours but may also include early mornings, evenings, holidays and/or weekends. You will be expected to operate under tight deadlines, work collaboratively, and pitch story ideas. You will also be expected to be active on various social media channels and contribute content to the station website.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:
• Anchor over the course of multiple hours on WBBM - including running a board for late evenings and overnight hours.
• Operate the audio board of the radio station and maintain the audio content with consistency and reliability
• Deliver the news in a conversational and authoritative way
• Conceptualize, write, produce and record news segments
• Gather audio in the community, conduct interviews on-scene, provide live coverage during breaking news
• Use social media during the course of your shift to connect with listeners, promote upcoming stories and interviews, and to highlight station content
• Contribute content - including but not limited to audio, video and written format – to WBBMNewsradio.com
• Other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

More About You:

Required & Preferred:
• Minimum 3-year on-air experience, with news radio format experience preferred.
• Must have solid skills in audio production and have a strong working knowledge of using production and on-air studio equipment and software applications like Adobe Audition, Wide Orbit, VoxPro
• Adhere to all company policies and guidelines of station, management, and FCC.
• You must be dependable, self-motivated and agreeable to a flexible work schedule, which may include early mornings, evenings, overnights and/or weekends.
• A valid driver's license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant's own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

Responsibilities:

What You'll Do:
- Anchor over the course of multiple hours on WBBM - including running a board for late evenings and overnight hours.
- Operate the audio board of the radio station and maintain the audio content with consistency and reliability
- Deliver the news in a conversational and authoritative way
- Conceptualize, write, produce and record news segments
- Gather audio in the community, conduct interviews on-scene, provide live coverage during breaking news
- Use social media during the course of your shift to connect with listeners, promote upcoming stories and interviews, and to highlight station content
- Contribute content - including but not limited to audio, video and written format – to WBBMNewsradio.com
- Other duties as assigned by management

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r03xvj-18-119-111-9-42 in your application.