Houghton Community Broadcasting is accepting resumes for a full-time position as news director for our three radio stations (soon to be four) in Michigan’s beautiful and historic Keweenaw Peninsula.

Our preferred candidate will:

• Be a self-starter, willing and able to learn our community, find the stories and flourish independently;
• Have excellent writing skills for broadcast and web;
• Have the voice and vocal technique to deliver stories effectively on-air;
• Have long-form interviewing skills;
• Have a good working knowledge of audio production software (Cool Edit/Adobe Audition preferred);
• Be computer savvy, with experience uploading stories to websites (WordPress preferred), and using social media;
• Be eager to develop long-term relationships with local officials;
• Be trustworthy, ethical, a team player, and a good neighbor.

Experience is preferred, but we are open to working with a well-trained beginner.

You’ll become a valued member of our small but hard working team, that each year garners more than our share of awards from our state association for news, sports, feature and entertainment programming (including a recent Station of the Year honor).

You’ll also become the trusted news voice of our wonderful community. Responsibilities will include daily newscasts, meeting and event coverage, hosting our weekly one-hour interview program, and posting stories to our standalone KeweenawReport.com news website, which has more social media followers than our local daily paper.

This is a small market, and pay is commensurate, but the cost of living is modest, and we have a great four-seasons lifestyle. Some sports play-by-play opportunities may also be available. We offer a health insurance plan. Best of all, there’s no corporate BS. Looking for stability? Our key people have been with us for decades. We love what we do, and we love living here.

Please send your resume, and samples of your audio and writing to: RadioJobUpNorth@gmail.com.

Houghton Community Broadcasting is an Equal Opportunity Employer by choice.