News Director, KXCV​/KRNW

News Director, KXCV/KRNW

Job : 11590 |
Location: Maryville, Missouri |
Postal Code: 64468 |
Type: Full time |
Salary: 51871 USD per year |
Posted: 03.09.2026

Primary Duty: The News Director covers and coordinates gathering and assigning of stories for newscasts.

• Coordinates gathering of stories for 19 daily local/regional newscasts, including assigning stories, maintaining a daily file of events and issues, monitoring and evaluating student writing and news delivery.
• Maintains contact with news sources and leaders in education, business, agriculture, law enforcement, and government.
• Covers major news events/media conferences in listening area and serves as news anchor.
• Produces long‑form feature programming, election coverage, political debates and special events.
• Assesses major issues affecting the area, prepares programming addressing these issues and produces the FCC‑required Issues and Programs lists.
• Posts local/regional news to the KXCV‑KRNW website.
• Sends stories to Associated Press Wire Service and NPR and coordinates the feeding of stories to other radio stations.
• Serves as program director for the news component of the station's programming.
• Coordinates severe weather coverage.
• Assists with annual on‑air fund drives and other station special events.
• Is the on‑location broadcast announcer for special events, community events and festivals.
• Assists with KXCV‑KRNW social media platforms.

This position will work in a typical professional office environment with hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with some evening and weekend hours in addition to traditional workdays. Travel throughout the station’s coverage area is required.

Train and supervise student news staff.

Standard radio broadcast equipment;
Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Wire Ready, and other broadcast software.

Typical office environment with the ability to lift and carry broadcast equipment and some travel within the station’s coverage area.

Northwest Missouri State University is located in Maryville, Missouri, a community of 12,000 with a diverse economy and a strong industrial base. Maryville is located 45 mi north of St. Joseph, Missouri, 90 mi north of Kansas City, Missouri, and 110 mi southeast of Omaha, Nebraska. For more information, visit the city’s website yville.org.

With an enrollment of about 9,000 students, Northwest is a coeducational, primarily residential four‑year university that offers a broad range of undergraduate and selected graduate programs on its Maryville campus and through Northwest Online. Founded in 1905 and ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top public regional universities in the Midwest, Northwest boasts a high retention rate and a graduation rate in the 95th percentile among its peers.

Results of the Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory show Northwest students are more satisfied than students at national peers, and 78 percent of Northwest students report they would repeat their University experience, compared to 75 percent of students surveyed nationally at their respective institutions. Furthermore, the University is a national model for student success and career placement, with 93 percent of bachelor’s degree earners and 99 percent of master’s degree earners securing employment or continuing their education within six months of completing a degree at Northwest, according to the most recent data.

Northwest places a high emphasis on profession‑based learning to help graduates get a jumpstart on their careers while maintaining competitive tuition rates and generous financial assistance to help minimize the financial barriers students may face when pursuing a college degree. Students have opportunities to build their résumé with experiences on campus in nearly every area of study, including the Horace Mann Laboratory School, National Public Radio affiliate KXCV, the R.T. Wright Farm, Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area, a partnership with the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency, or Knacktive, a student‑driven integrated digital marketing…