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Posted Nov. 14, 2024

KRGV-TV5 in Weslaco, Texas has the following vacancy: Spanish Morning Anchor.

KRGV Channel 5 News and KRGV 5.2 Noticias RGV is looking for a dynamic Spanish Language News Anchor for our flagship newscasts Monday – Friday on Noticias RGV.

                     

Are you a morning person? Do you love waking up with the sun and keeping the early risers In the Know? KRGV and Noticias RGV is the largest news operation in South Texas in any language. Our newscasts produce 66+ hours of news every week in both English and Spanish.  Noticias RGV is the only Spanish language station with a 2-hour morning and 1-hour noon newscasts.  

 

We are looking for an engaging and personable anchor to help lead our growing audience in the mornings and at lunchtime.   

Our successful candidate is a team player and leader with excellent interviewing skills, and proven ability to skillfully ad lib in any live situation.  As the morning anchor team leader, you should understand that the job doesn’t end when the TV show ends.

Must be able to engage the audience in an authentic way as someone the audience loves watching and wants to watch on a regular basis. Remember, this is morning news.

Must be able to present news under pressure, during live newscasts as well as outside regularly scheduled newscasts. Responsible for, but not limited to, gathering information, writing and editing newsworthy content including covering breaking/spot news, general news, and feature stories.

The right person must be a solid journalist and participate in story choices and pitches.   

The morning anchor should work with the producer to find engaging topics for conversation during the newscast. Work to advance the next day’s show.  They are also responsible for writing stories, headlines and news updates, as well as fill-in anchoring duties on other newscasts as needed. they must also develop and maintain a network of news sources providing access to exclusive local news stories.

This position is Full Time

 

Qualifications/Requirements

·         Must be 100% fluent in Spanish with excellent verbal and written skills.

·         Bilingual in Spanish/English.

·         BA or BS in Journalism, Communications or Political Science preferred.

·         Must possess a minimum of 2 years television anchor and or on-air reporter experience.

·         Excellent use of social media for news-gathering/disseminating and community engagement

·         Must be able to ad-lib effortlessly in various types of situations, particularly breaking news.

·         Able to handle working under the pressure of intense deadlines.

·         Have the ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.

·         Creating a dialog with our morning audience and your friends and followers.

·         Develop contacts and relationships in the community

 

KRGV-TV does not discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. The Federal Communications Commission specifically prohibits discriminatory employment practices.

Informing you and your organization of the above employment opportunity is an affirmative action on our part to actively seek qualified minorities and women for our staff vacancies. Through your assistance, we want to ensure that our employment opportunities are made known to members of minority groups and to women.

KRGV-TV is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace.

If you know of any person(s) who might be qualified for the above vacancy send resume to Elizabeth Gaona, Director of Human Resources, KRGV-TV, P.O. Box 5, Weslaco, Texas 78599 or email to egaona@krgv.com.