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NEWS DIRECTOR Can you help make a news operation that’s already a dominant #1 even stronger? Allen Media Broadcasting’s KDRV-TV (ABC) in Medford, Oregon, is looking for a news director ready to meet the challenge. Our next ND will work closely with the GM, other department managers, and the news team to better our position across all the content platforms we serve – on-air and digital. This position is responsible for strategic planning, preparing and managing a budget, as well as recruiting, hiring and developing members of the news team. In addition to possessing strong organizational skills, our news director must be a hands-on leader with a successful track record as a mentor and motivator. Previous experience teaching and leading staff as a news director, assistant news director, executive producer, managing editor, assignment manager, or senior producer is required. KDRV is located in the beautiful Rogue Valley near the Southern Oregon Wine Trail and is just a short drive away from great hiking, mountain biking, skiing, golfing, fishing, whitewater rafting, the Britt Festival’s concerts under the stars, and the Tony award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival. If you still need an occasional big city fix, then Portland and San Francisco are just a quick direct flight or a few hours’ drive away. Or visit waterfalls, redwood forest, Crater Lake National Park and the Oregon coast all in our coverage area. All of this is available along with a competitive salary and benefits from a station that has been the ratings leader in the Medford-Klamath Falls market for more than thirty years. If all of this sounds appealing, then go to our website at kdrv.com. Click on ``Work With Us`` near the bottom of the home page. How to apply   To learn more about these opportunities and qualifications needed to apply, please go to our website at kdrv.com. Click on "Work With Us" near the bottom of the home page.   A PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN IS REQUIRED along with a good driving record. Must possess or be able to obtain an Oregon driver’s license. KDRV-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.   About our company   KDRV is part of Allen Media Broadcasting, a division of Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group, one of the largest privately-owned media companies in the nation. AMG owns nine 24-hour HD television networks including The Weather Channel and produces, distributes, and sells advertising for 64 television programs, making it one of the largest independent producers/distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations.