Category:
News
Position/Title:
Graphics Artist/Production Tech

Details:
WALA Fox 10 is looking for a creative and energetic person to help with our award winning newscasts.

Vacancy Type:
Full Time
Date Posted:
4/28/2014
Closing Date:
6/30/2014
City:
Mobile – 36606
State:
Alabama

Experience:
Duties will include writing, studio work, i.e. camera operation, audio, graphics and studio lighting, editing (Non-linear) and other assignments. This person will need to be able to work under strict deadlines and be able to multi-task with a can do attitude. Web abilities are a plus. Some writing and posting to the internet is also required.

Requirements:
College degree and experience with Edius, Deko and Adobe Photoshop is preferred
Additional Information:
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

Contact:
Please send all resumes to WALA FOX10 c/o Linda Jones, Executive Producer 1501 Satchel Paige Drive Mobile, Al 36606

Job posted by an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

(06-30-14)

Category:
News
Position/Title:
MMJ Reporter

Details:
FOX10 News, the number one news station in the Mobile-Pensacola Market is looking for two multi-media journalist who is an energetic self-starter and comfortable in a 24/7 multi-platform environment.

Vacancy Type:
Full Time
Date Posted:
4/28/2014
Closing Date:
8/31/2014
City:
Mobile – 36606
State:
Alabama

Experience:
Applicants must be capable of shooting, reporting, writing and non-linear editing. You must be able to post web stories and be familiar with social media. Candidates must be willing to multi-task and develop sources and get stories the competition cannot.

Requirements:
A college degree preferred. A valid drivers license is required.

Additional Information:
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/
Disability

Contact:
Send tape and resume to: Fox ten News/WALA-TV, 1501 Satchel Paige Drive, Mobile, Alabama 36606

Job posted by an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

(08-31-14)

Category:
Master Control
Position/Title:
Master control operator

Details:
WALA-TV (FOX) & WFNA-TV (CW) in the Mobile/Pensacola market is looking for a part-time Hub Master Control Operator to join our Team at LIN Media

Vacancy Type:
Full Time
Date Posted:
4/28/2014
Closing Date:
6/30/2014
City:
Mobile
State:
Alabama

Experience:
Must be able to operate automation software, satellite receivers, MC switcher, transmitter remotes, VTRs, and be familiar with digital media delivery.
Responsibilities include multi-station on-air quality control, short/long form media preparation and transmitter monitoring. Must have the ability to handle a moderate to high stress environment and meet strict deadlines. Must be able to work with other departments and perform with others as a team. Perform additional responsibilities as required.

Requirements:
Two years or more experience in Master Control required. Proficient use of computers is required. Automation software experience preferred. Must be able to work any shift including weekends, overnights & holidays.

Additional Information:
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

Contact:
To apply, please submit your resume to jobs@fox10tv.com

Job posted by an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

(06-30-14)

April 25, 2014

• Notice to all stations in the Central Time Zone: Information from FEMA indicates that the RWT scheduled for Monday April 21th was not transmitted. You should make a note of that fact in your station logs.

• Some additional information concerning EAS…..The FCC plans for the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on the Part 11 rewrite is actually going to happen this year. Part 11 of the rules covers rules and regulations related to EAS. Also stations are encouraged to make sure their EAS gear is behind a firewall, to reduce possibilities of hacking.

• Attention stations with DASDEC EAS units. Digital Alert Systems has announced a software upgrade to version 2.5-0 for both the DASDEC-1 and DASDEC-11. To download go to…. www.digitalalertsystems.com/software_updates2_5-0.html. A password is now required to log into this new page and registered DASDEC customers should have received an email with the password. If you did not receive the password contact Jon Rue with Digital Alert Systems at 585-765-1155 ext. 117.

• Quick reminder that the ABA Engineering Academy is hosting a special one day seminar covering HD Radio. Frank Foti, Telos Alliance CEO and Omnia Audio founder along with Jeff Welton, formerly Nautel Customer Service Technician for over 16 years now Nautel Sales Manager for U.S. Central Region will be on hand to explain proper processing and operations of the modern day HD Radio system. The Seminar is offered at no cost and will be held Saturday May 24th at the ABA Training Center in Hoover, AL. Hours are 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. REGISTER ONLINE

Larry Wilkins CPBE®
Alabama Broadcasters Association
334-303-2525

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leader in advertising management software for Media companies, providing innovative, proven solutions for managing broadcast and cable operations. Our core WO Traffic software platform powers more than 2,200 stations and networks around the globe, managing more than $20 billion in annual advertising revenue. Our Radio automation software manages the content for more than 3200 Radio stations. WideOrbit is a fast growing, financially stable organization with more than $180 million in contract backlog and is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.
Job Description:
We’re modernizing the broadcasting industry and we need top notch developers who are up for the challenge to use new technologies to solve old media problems. Our stellar Software Developers will work on one of our newest products – WO Media Sales. WO Media Sales is a software solution that allows sales professionals to analyze ratings and intelligently target their approaches for selling time slots to advertisers. Every developer is a critical part of the design and implementation of a world class product at WideOrbit. This is Industrial Strength Programming – performance critical application development with a 3-tier, high-availability, high-volume, distributed architecture.
Our .Net Developers enjoy working on a very BIG, complex application with MAJOR media customers in a fast paced yet casual business environment.

Here’s what we’re looking for:
•3+ years of experience in C# (.Net 2.0 minimum)
•SQL, 3+ years required
•WPF, Winforms and Silverlight experience preferred
•MS SQL Server Transact-SQL programming
•JavaScript and HTML5 preferred
•Knowledge of Powerbuilder and Delphi preferred
•Experience writing code for multi-threaded environments; both client UI and server framework
•Experience writing and optimizing SQL, for MSSQL Server, requiring a high degree of scalability and concurrency
•Strong OO design skills; knowledge of the CLR and FCL
•Good algorithmic skills and experience applying design patterns to both new and existing code
•Excellent communication skills
•Willingness to thoroughly unit test and debug complex code that you, or others, may write.
•Experience with other programming tools, languages and protocols a plus

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

Location:
This position will be based in our Hoover office which is near Birmingham, AL.

To apply:
Please apply at www.wideorbit.com/careers/

(05-22-14)

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leading provider of advertising management software for large Media companies. WideOrbit’s comprehensive product line helps clients manage the entire workflow of advertising sales, from placement and optimization through to invoicing across multiple media, including broadcast television and radio, media networks, digital and mobile. More than 2,600 stations and networks around the globe operate on our core Traffic software, and more than 3,200 radio stations are powered by our radio automation platforms. Major media companies (ABC, CBS, NBC, CW, FOX) use WideOrbit software to deliver nearly 4 billion ad impressions per day and manage more than $24 billion in annual advertising revenue. WideOrbit is a fast growing, profitable company that is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.

Job Description:
WideOrbit is looking for a motivated and experienced QA Specialist for our software package – WO Media Sales. WO Media Sales is a software solution that allows sales professionals to analyze ratings and intelligently target their approaches for selling time slots to advertisers. The Quality Assurance Specialist will work with our software applications and systems to debug complex software products and provide detailed documentation of defects. The Quality Assurance Specialist will play an integral role as a liaison between product support and engineering, ensuring client requests and issues are met and clearly translated to the development team. If you enjoy taking pride that you found discrepancies before the product made it out the door, then this would be a great opportunity for you!

Here’s what you’ll be doing:
•Partner with product support in identifying software defects.
•Hands on testing software (e.g. regression, smoke, feature, system)
•Analyze test results to ensure functionality and recommend corrective action to the development team.
•Maintain documentation of test results to assist development team in debugging and modifications.

Here’s what we’re looking for:
•3+ years of experience of media software or 3+ years of experience in research at a broadcast company OR 3+ years of experience in media buying OR 1+ year of experience in Software QA with an end user application.
•Strong technical aptitude with experience in testing software is a plus.
•Experience participating in the implementation, administration, or testing of software is preferred.
•Solid communication skills, both written and verbal.
•Excellent documentations skills and attention to detail.
•Knowledge of MS Project or Smartsheet is a plus.
Location:
This position will be based in the Birmingham (Hoover) office.

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

To Apply:
Please apply online at www.wideorbit.com/careers/

(05-22-14)

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leading provider of advertising management software for large Media companies. WideOrbit’s comprehensive product line helps clients manage the entire workflow of advertising sales, from placement and optimization through to invoicing across multiple media, including broadcast television and radio, media networks, digital and mobile. More than 2,600 stations and networks around the globe operate on our core Traffic software, and more than 3,200 radio stations are powered by our radio automation platforms. Major media companies (ABC, CBS, NBC, CW, FOX) use WideOrbit software to deliver nearly 4 billion ad impressions per day and manage more than $24 billion in annual advertising revenue. WideOrbit is a fast growing, profitable company that is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.

Job Description:
WideOrbit is looking for a motivated and experienced Product Manager for the integration of our product of WO Media Sales and WO Traffic. WO Media Sales is a software solution that allows sales professionals to analyze ratings and intelligently target their approaches for selling time slots to advertisers. The WO Media Sales Integrations Product Manager must have proven track-record of business analysis experience in the television or radio industry, possess excellent communication skills, and have had experience taking product features from conceptual design to launch. By leading the efforts of the WO Media Sales Integrations product team, you will define and communicate innovative new features and functionality for WO Media Sales.

Here is more about what you will be doing:
•Drive the development and roll out of the product including managing project goals and timelines.
•Lead Business Analysts and Engineers to create feature specification documents.
•Continually analyze current software needs and then define and prioritize features to meet those needs.
•Work with our all-star engineering teams to turn prototypes and ideas into a user friendly product.
•Strive for design perfection while reaching project goals and deadlines.
•Collaborate with development resources on the lifecycle of new features
•Guide multiple projects and tasks concurrently, while effectively managing change of scope or timelines.
•Assist QA staff in testing new or changed features.

Skills/Qualifications:
•5+ years of business analysis/product management experience in the television or radio industry with focus on sales.
•2+ years of experience on a Product Management team in the high technology, emerging media, or advertising industries is a plus.
•1+ year of experience in managing projects.
•Strong understanding of broadcast software.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•Strong attention to detail.
•Excellent troubleshooting skills.
•Positive entrepreneurial attitude.
•Willingness to travel to meet with clients as needed.

Location:
This position will be based in the Birmingham, Alabama office.

Benefits:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

To Apply:
Please apply online at www.wideorbit.com
(06-29-14)

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leading provider of advertising management software for large Media companies. WideOrbit’s comprehensive product line helps clients manage the entire workflow of advertising sales, from placement and optimization through to invoicing across multiple media, including broadcast television and radio, media networks, digital and mobile. More than 2,600 stations and networks around the globe operate on our core Traffic software, and more than 3,200 radio stations are powered by our radio automation platforms. Major media companies (ABC, CBS, NBC, CW, FOX) use WideOrbit software to deliver nearly 4 billion ad impressions per day and manage more than $24 billion in annual advertising revenue. WideOrbit is a fast growing, profitable company that is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.

Job Description:
WideOrbit is looking for a motivated and experienced support specialist for our new software package – WO Media Sales. WO Media Sales is a software solution that allows sales professionals to analyze ratings and intelligently target their approaches for selling time slots to advertisers. The WO Media Sales Product Support Specialist must have a proven track-record in the television or radio industry, possess excellent communication skills, and be eager to learn and grow with a fast-paced team.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:
•Help users with how-to questions regarding use of WO Media Sales
•Identify and document software defects and requests for enhancements
•Provide information regarding customer needs to engineering and marketing
•Work with team to develop product support infrastructure
•Perform other tasks as assigned
•Reports to the Director of Product Support

Here’s what we’re looking for:
•2+ years of experience at a television or radio station within a sales department is strongly preferred.
•Experience with advertising/media sales proposals and stewardship applications.
•Excellent interpersonal skills, especially over the telephone.
•Strong technical aptitude to quickly learn new software.
•Experience using web based applications and comfortable with learning and using new technologies.
•The ability to work effectively under pressure and balance competing tasks in a rapidly changing environment.
•Proficiency in MS Windows, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
•Outstanding communication, problem-solving, follow-up, and organizational skills.

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

Location and Hours:
This position is based at an office in Birmingham, AL and may require you to be flexible with different shifts to accommodate our nationwide customers. Please let us know if you have any limitations regarding the hours that you’re able to work.

To Apply:
Please apply online at www.wideorbit.com/careers/

(05-22-14)

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leader in advertising management software for Media companies, providing innovative, proven solutions for managing broadcast and cable operations. Our core WO Traffic software platform powers more than 2,300 stations and networks around the globe, managing more than $20 billion in annual advertising revenue. Our Radio automation software manages the content for more than 3,200 Radio stations. WideOrbit is a fast growing, financially stable organization with more than $180 million in contract backlog and is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.

Job Description:
Wideorbit is looking for solid developers to work on our WO Media Sales and WO Media CRM product as well as brand new product lines. Our WO Media Sales product is used by 80% of all TV stations to prepare avails, proposals, and orders. Every developer is a critical part of the design and implementation of a world class product at WideOrbit. Twelve years ago people thought we were crazy to start WO Traffic and now 70% of all television spot advertising inventory is done though our system! This is Industrial Strength Programming – performance critical application development with a 3-tier, high-availability, high-volume, distributed architecture. Your project would be to help expand our WO Media Sales product for use at radio stations.

Skills/Qualifications:
•5+ years’ experience in overall software development
•3+ years of experience in Delphi
•SQL, 3+ years required
•Radio Broadcast Industry knowledge preferred
•Knowledge of Arbitron and/or BBM datasets preferred
•Understand 3-tier architecture, OOA & OOD
•Good algorithmic skills and experience applying design patterns to both new and existing code
•Knowledge of Firebird 1.5 RDBMS
•Experience with MS SQL Server 2000
•Experience working with clients in design, development, testing and integration
•Excellent communication skills
•Great personality with a “Take Charge” attitude
•Willingness to thoroughly unit test and debug complex code that you, or others, may write.
•Experience with other programming tools, languages and protocols a plus

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

Location:
This position will be based in our Birmingham office which is in Hoover, AL.

To apply:
Please apply on our website at www.wideorbit.com.

(05-22-14)

About WideOrbit:
WideOrbit is the leading provider of advertising management software for large Media companies. WideOrbit’s comprehensive product line helps clients manage the entire workflow of advertising sales, from placement and optimization through to invoicing across multiple media, including broadcast television and radio, media networks, digital and mobile. More than 2,600 stations and networks around the globe operate on our core Traffic software, and more than 3,200 radio stations are powered by our radio automation platforms. Major media companies (ABC, CBS, NBC, CW, FOX) use WideOrbit software to deliver nearly 4 billion ad impressions per day and manage more than $24 billion in annual advertising revenue. WideOrbit is a fast growing, profitable company that is funded by world class Venture Capital firms, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Hearst Ventures and Greycroft Partners.

Job Description:
WideOrbit is seeking a Business Analyst to join our dynamic sales software product – WO Media Sales. In this role, the BA will work on the entire project lifecycle from requirements definition to writing detailed specs, as well as business use cases, workflows and some QA testing. As an important project team member, you will be expected to be detail oriented, goal driven and be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external resources.

If you’ve had experience in the radio industry, understand ratings and how sales work within a radio station AND have worked in the software industry, this could be a great fit for you!

Here’s what you’ll be doing:
•Take direction and ownership of individual project goals and timelines
•Gather and clearly document requirements, business cases, workflows for new product features
•Prepare specification documents for various functional areas – making business processes into features for software
•Communicate and document requirements for managers, team members and development resources
•Collaborate with development resources on the lifecycle of new features
•Guide multiple projects and tasks concurrently, while effectively managing change of scope or timelines
•Assist QA staff in testing new or changed features

Here what we’re looking for:
•3+ years of experience in the radio industry with focus on sales, research, and proposals is a MUST.
•Knowledge of systems implementation and software development lifecycle is preferred but not required.
•1+ year of experience in technical writing, business analysis, project management, and/or QA.
•Ability to collaborate with clients, internal staff and teams.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•Strong analytical and technical skills.
•Positive entrepreneurial attitude.

Location:
This position will be based in our Birmingham, Alabama office.

Compensation, Benefits and Perks:
Besides a competitive salary and great work environment, here are some of our additional benefits and perks:
Health insurance, options, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, casual work attire, snacks and coffee in the café, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

To Apply:
Please apply online at www.wideorbit.com/careers/

(05-22-14)