Job Title: General Manager

Station Name: KFSK Community Radio (100.9 FM, KFSK.org)

Location: Petersburg, Alaska

Salary Range: DOE

How to Apply: Contact General Manager Tom Abbott by phone 907-772-3808 or email tom@kfsk.org   

About KFSK

KFSK Petersburg is a known and trusted public media organization, locally serving the central Southeast Alaska communities of Petersburg, Kupreanof, Coffman Cove, Whale Pass, Port Protection, and Point Baker, and nationally through our website and social media. KFSK broadcasts from Lingit Aani, the homeland of the Lingit people.

For over 48 years, the adherence to our mission “to inform, enlighten and entertain” has built one of the most effective public media organizations in the country. KFSK has a strong local membership base and consistently meets budgetary expectations despite the significant challenges facing public media nationwide. Our core local programming is delivered through the daily newscasts featuring local, regional, and national content. Other local content includes the broadcast of assembly, school and hospital board meetings; high school sports, “Muskeg Messages” to remote listeners, and a coterie of volunteer produced musical shows. Our long-standing summer internship program continues to hone high quality journalists for a career in media. 

The station serves a listening population of nearly 4,000 residents in the coastal region of Central Southeast Alaska and the vibrant area fishing grounds. The station has over 1,000 members.

Manager Responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will fill many roles as the General Manager, but foremost among them is to continue to keep KFSK relevant to our members, underwriters, and listeners through the understanding of our place in the community. We strive to be a trusted voice for news and entertainment, emergency communications, and an equal opportunity forum for local issues.

The General Manager will oversee the administration of the following core areas of station operations:

General Administration: Provide leadership, innovation and inspiration in the daily life of KFSK-FM and the Narrows Broadcasting Corporation. Oversee and direct all radio station activities, staff and volunteers.  Assign job responsibilities to staff. Work to ensure that the Corporation's Goals and Objectives are carried out. Work to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations and Corporation policies. Work to provide a supportive environment to ensure the quality of work of all staff and volunteers. Coordinate with other stations and CoastAlaska for networking and assistance.

Financial Officer: Serve as the Financial Officer for the Board of Directors. Prepare and submit annual budgets to the Board. Manage the cash assets of the Corporation including payables and receivables, payroll and benefits, bank accounts, investments, and purchasing within the parameters set by the Board and its fiscal agent, CoastAlaska, Inc. 

Personnel Administrator: Ensures that the Board's Personnel Policies are implemented. Approve hiring and firing of all employees, set salaries and determine increases and promotions within the limits of the CoastAlaska Pay Plan. Administers employee benefits program in accordance with the regional plan. Conduct semi-annual employee evaluations to be signed off by the Board President. Manages Corporation's recruiting. Develop and implement staff training programs. Work with CoastAlaska to support staff shared regionally. 

Development Director: Work with the station Development Director to meet and/or exceed the revenue targets in the annual budget through a variety of means including grant programs, underwriting, membership, fundraising, investments, and gaming. Explore previously untapped opportunities for generating revenue.

Program Director: Provide support to each of the five job areas in the Program Department including program supervision (formats, schedules, on-air sound, etc.), satellite operations, music acquisition, volunteer coordination, phones and messages.

Facilities Manager: Responsible for assuming or delegating the duties of the "Chief Operator" as defined by the Federal Communications Commission. Ensures proper maintenance of station broadcast and office equipment, as well as the KFSK building and associated utilities. Responsible for planning and developing KFSK's technical capabilities. Foster a good working relationship with Coastalaska engineers.

Representation: Represents the interests of the Narrows Broadcasting Corporation before the public and all other agencies and organizations. Promotes the mission of the station and the goals of CoastAlaska, Inc. Takes an active role in developing the cooperative objectives and direction of CoastAlaska, Inc., improving the health of KFSK as well as the region. 

Board Communication: Prepares meeting agendas with the Board President. Provides the agenda, minutes, financial report, revenue generation updates and all information pertinent to conducting business five (5) days prior to the scheduled meeting. Assists the board in tracking the annually adopted Corporate Calendar. Provides updates to the board on station activities.

About Petersburg: 

Petersburg is located among the forested islands and mountains of Alaska’s beautiful Inside Passage on the northern tip of Mitkof Island. It’s a small, vibrant town with about 3,100 permanent residents, located in the heart of the Tongass National Forest.

Petersburg’s day-to-day atmosphere is that of a busy fishing village. Fishing and pleasure boats dominate the waters around Petersburg. Our town is off-the-beaten-path of the large cruise ships, which cannot navigate the Wrangell Narrows, a winding scenic waterway between Mitkof and Kupreanof Islands.

Petersburg supports a small but thriving suite of local businesses including several seafood processors, a K-12 school district, hospital, library, and several civic organizations. The strong sense of community is evident in both native and Scandinavian culture.

Petersburg is known for its wide range of public art. You’ll find artistic designs stamped into the concrete of the sidewalks and Rosemaling (Norwegian flower painting) on the fronts of retails stores and residences. The influence of local artists and crafts people is seen in the murals, totems, and sculptures along downtown streets.

Tourists pass through Petersburg as a scenic destination as well as for hunting and fishing. On Mitkof Island there are fishing, hunting, and hiking areas that are accessible by automobile and trail. There is an intricate road system (mostly old logging roads that are gravel-surfaced and not maintained in winter) that provide a wide variety of recreation opportunities.

Served by twice-daily air service to Juneau and points south, and weekly ferry service north and southbound, Petersburg sees a constant influx of visitors and workers year-round.