Radio Program Director — Lead On-Air & Digital Strategy

RadioJobs; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401K plan

EAP program

Job summary

iHeartMedia is seeking an experienced Program Director for KFBK in Sacramento. This role leads the station's on-air experience, talent, content, programming, and online presence to strengthen audience engagement.

You will recruit and coach on-air talent, manage programming and staff, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate on marketing campaigns to grow market share and revenue.

Qualifications

• Significant prior high-level experience in radio.
• Proficiency with a wide range of radio formats (music, news, weather, sports).
• Familiarity with internet radio and music streaming.
• Strong managerial skills including diplomacy, critical thinking, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of station on-air experience in a leadership and operations role, responsible for talent, content, programming and online presence.
• Review and determine all commercial and paid programming content; decide music play lists; schedule programming compliant with FCC rules and company policies.
• Plan and oversee tone, programming, production, sound and theme, website, online presence and social media.
• Collaborate with Production to enlist musical direction and seek options that meet editorial scope.
• Field record label calls, schedule music and check social media for brand consistency.
• Identify, recruit and coach on-air talent, producers, news directors and reporters; review airchecks.

Skills

Radio management

Radio formats

Internet radio

Leadership

Communication

Research & analytics

MS Office

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

iHeartMedia is seeking an experienced Program Director for KFBK in Sacramento. This role leads the station's on-air experience, talent, content, programming, and online presence to strengthen audience engagement.

You will recruit and coach on-air talent, manage programming and staff, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate on marketing campaigns to grow market share and revenue.