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About the Role

WQXR is seeking a Weekday Morning Host to deliver compelling, mission-aligned classical music programming across live broadcast and digital platforms. This role focuses on expanding listenership, elevating diverse artistic voices, and building audience relationships.

Responsibilities

• Host the live WQXR morning broadcast 5 days a week.
• Maintain a warm, relaxed, engaging vibe and conversational, welcoming delivery.
• Voice recurring station promos, underwriting credits, and other imaging spots.
• Conceptualize, collaborate on, and host specialty on-air classical features and shows.
• Use playout, production, and automation systems following station and FCC rules.
• Host or co-host live broadcasts and station events.
• Provide occasional live or voice-tracked backup hosting for alternate shifts.
• Conduct interviews with classical artists for radio and digital rollout.
• Write compelling short-form website articles, digital features, and introductory copy for listener newsletters.
• Cultivate direct listener relationships through online engagement via email, social platforms, and the station website.
• Highlight local classical concerts, community events, and cultural happenings that meet station guidelines.
• Pitch live during pledge drives, help draft fundraising scripts, and pre-record one-hour specialty pledge shows.
• Represent WQXR at high-profile donor events and other station events.
• Assist with training for incoming announcers and guest djs as needed.
• Participate in routine staff meetings, company All Staffs, and 1:1s with supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in music, broadcasting, the humanities, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Minimum of 5 years of professional live, on-air radio experience, including announcing classical music and writing on-air copy.
• Strong interest in classical music and knowledge of classical music history, including specific periods, composers, major works, and past and active performers.
• Accurate pronunciation and strong working knowledge of foreign languages integrated into classical music programming, particularly French, German and Italian.
• Excellent verbal clarity, written grammar, spelling, and copyediting skills.
• Experience with audio editing suites and radio playout and automation systems (Zetta preferred).
• Ability to fulfill project directives independently without direct supervision by accurately executing written and verbal instructions.
• Proven capacity to maintain positive, collaborative partnerships with team members, station stakeholders, listeners, and donors.
• A genuine passion for music, non-profit community engagement, and advancing the station’s cultural goals.
• Applicants must submit a cover letter, a current resume, and high-quality radio air-check samples demonstrating your classical music presentation style.

Skills

• Classical Music knowledge
• Familiarity with NYC-area classical music scene
• Foreign language proficiency (French, German, Italian)
• Verbal clarity
• Written grammar
• Spelling
• Copyediting
• Audio editing suites
• Radio playout and automation systems
• Music scheduling software
• Generating multimedia digital content
• Cross-platform campaigns

Location

• New York City (or the immediate metro area)

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of 5 years of professional live, on-air radio experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in music, broadcasting, the humanities, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)

Salary/Compensations

• $120,000.00 - $145,000.00

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Vacation time
• Personal time
• Sick time
• Inclusive family leave

About the Company

• New York Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• We continuously strive to place our employees at the center of our thinking and elevate inclusive practices to develop and support a more engaged and productive workforce.
• Our journalism and operations in the service of that journalism benefit from a broad range of perspectives, from all backgrounds, at all levels of the organization.
• Diversity is essential to honest, authentic, accurate storytelling and reportage; creating an institution in which all voices are encouraged, valued, and heard.

Equal Opportunity

• New York Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving the goal of equal employment opportunity for all.
• Applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions without regard to mental or physical disability, race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, employment status or any protected federal, state or local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.