Job Title: KSON Afternoon Drive On Air Personality/Imaging Director
Department: Programming
Reporting To: VP/Regional Programming
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: San Diego, CA
Work Arrangement: On-Site

Audacy San Diego is looking for its next afternoon host on the legendary KSON! This is a once in a career opportunity!

You’ll do a live afternoon show and be a part of the Country Imaging team producing award winning audio for the biggest Country Brands across America.

The perfect talent is positive, proactive, inquisitive, and able to take direction well.

You’ll work with one of the MOST engaged sales teams in the industry for a brand that ACTIVATES. The on air staff works HARD, but have fun supporting and cheering for each other. No ego. No false pride.

This is not a job, but a lifestyle. We’ll take our time and deeply vet applicants.

Please include an attachment or link to a recent audio sample with your application. 

What You’ll Do:

• Create original content and perform a LIVE, local and HEAVILY interactive, music intensive afternoon show.
• Proudly represent the brand onsite, online and social media.
• Work hand in hand with sales to generate endorsement revenue.
• Produce imaging locally for KSON, KFRG and other local cluster brands.
• Be a positive and proactive part of the Audacy National Country Imaging Team; a band of imaging brothers and sisters across the country crafting the sound design for national initiatives.
• Protect the station’s FCC license
• Monitor the music and commercial logs for the airshift
• Ensure that promotions and contests are executed properly
• Operate the control board and perform production work
• Make frequent personal appearances at station events and remote broadcasts
• Other duties as required by management

Required & Preferred:

• Must possess a childlike sense of wonder and always strive to be better today than yesterday.
• Must have EXCEPTIONAL imaging production skills.
• Be comfortable being the face of your brand,, building coalitions IN and OUTSIDE of the building.
• Knowledge of the country format and audience preferred. If not, a HIGHLY motivated interest in learning the audience and lifestyle.
• This is not an entry level position. However market size, tenure and format experience is unimportant. Your talent, potential, positivity and ability to take direction is critical.
• 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.
• NOT a remote position. Must be able to work daily from the KSON studios, 9665 Granite Ridge Drive, San Diego, CA.

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

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Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country’s largest markets, as well as one of the country’s largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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