Announcer

Job Description

Hearst-owned WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 in Baltimore, MD., is seeking a versatile broadcaster to join our award-winning team who is comfortable in both the sports and news arenas. We are searching for a motivated, dependable individual who can anchor and host with energy, urgency and confidence-whether it is a sports update, sports talk, traffic report or hosting a general issues program. The ideal candidate is also unafraid to head into the field to cover breaking stories and will be encouraged to enterprise stories and deliver compelling content on-air and through our digital platforms. This role reports to the Programming News Director. The hourly salary range is $23.08 - $25.50 per hour.

Responsibilities
• Anchoring of WBAL sports updates.
• Monitoring news from multiple sources and scripting sports or traffic reports.
• Covering live sports events and press conferences when needed.
• Hosting sports or general issues talk programming as warranted.
• Delivering breaking stories in a timely and concise manner.
• Contributing to our online platforms, including wbal.com and social media.

Requirements
• Broadcast experience preferred, particularly anchoring and reporting sports and news.
• Understanding of the Baltimore metro and surrounding areas helpful.
• Familiarity with radio or television broadcast news and sports operations helpful.
• Must be available to work holidays, and flexible with schedule during breaking sports and news events.
• In-person attendance is required.

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5q2k3-3-144-98-43-42 in your application.