Job Description

About Gray Media:

Today we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia. We are the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 47 markets and Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

Job Summary/Description:

WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach SC has an immediate opening for a Sports Director to join our award-winning team. This person has a proven record of developing and covering local sports. We are committed to coverage of high school and college sports. Were looking for a creative outgoing sports journalist who knows how to put together compelling LOCAL sports stories and features.

Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Enterprise produce and turn stories daily
- Serve as the primary sports talent
- Coordinate and plan coverage including special reports
- Shoot write and edit sports stories and highlights with an emphasis on covering local sports
- Produce sports segments
- Be sports content-driven; this is your beat. Own it
- Write and post sports stories on multiple social media and digital platforms
- Report live from various sporting events
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Degree in sports journalism broadcasting communications or related field
- At least 2 years of professional newsroom experience required
- An engaging and comfortable on-air personality to include live shots
- The ability and desire to enterprise and produce local sports stories and content
- Excellent communicator
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Detail-oriented
- Anchoring reporting and producing experience preferred

If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal )

WMBF-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Required Experience:

Director

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Immediate start

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