General Manager

Location: Bronx, NY

Date Posted: June 16, 2026

WFUV, an award winning noncommercial, member-supported, public media service of Fordham University seeks an experienced, creative, visionary, and collaborative General Manager (GM) to shepherd the station into its next chapter of music discovery and delivery. With a modern and progressive approach to the multifaceted digital delivery of high quality, locally produced content, the next GM will work across a range of platforms to reach current and future audiences in the dynamic NYC marketplace. Reporting to the Vice Provost for Administration, the General Manager leads a fully functioning multi-platform media station with a focus on increasing community impact, audience, and revenue. The GM leads and empowers a seasoned team of 30 full-time staff, as well as many part time on-air staff to deliver a unique weekday format of Adult Album Alternative (Triple A) music, award-winning local news and sports, and a diverse weekend lineup. The station’s deep and long-standing commitment to its high-quality, learning-intensive, student internship and training program is central to its mission and focus as an integral component of student learning at Fordham University.

Reporting to the Vice Provost for Administration, the General Manager provides strategic leadership to the WFUV organization to achieve WFUV’s mission and strategic goals and raise the station’s profile across the region and beyond, as well as within its industry. The General Manager serves as a visionary for modernizing station offerings, ensuring alignment with the demands of current and future listeners by introducing innovative programming across broadcast, streaming, and podcasting platforms, while shaping organizational culture to tap into the growing creator community to yield emerging and diverse talent. This position engages in major fundraising, working closely with station and university fundraising leadership, and represents WFUV interests with key state and national organizations and agencies. The GM collaborates across campus with units such as University Marketing and Communications to position WFUV as a premier program of Fordham University, serving as a learning lab and a unique recruitment tool that sustains an historic pipeline of broadcasters, journalists, musicians, producers, and engineers. For additional information, view the full Leadership Profile (PDF).

Key Accountabilities

• Leads all facets of WFUV’s operation to ensure quality programming and services and adherence to mission.
• Serves as the primary architect for modernizing content distribution, specifically expanding the station's footprint in podcasting, streaming, and emerging digital media.
• Strategically leverages the creator economy to identify and recruit new talent and entertainment formats that resonate with evolving audience demographics.
• Provides leadership to WFUV team and key constituencies in the development and implementation of successful short-term and long-term strategies to ensure financial success and maximize the public service mission.
• Leads fundraising efforts for the organization, providing oversight through station development staff of all revenue areas, including pledge, underwriting, grants, and other revenue streams.
• Provides significant leadership in the area of major giving, including the cultivation of major donors.
• Serves as WFUV’s primary liaison to constituencies, including licensee Fordham University, the WFUV Advisory Council, the Community Advisory Board, and key donors.
• Works closely with the Director of Finance to manage the station’s financial needs, including planning and monitoring budgets and projecting cash flow and capital expenditures.
• Oversees the Associate General Manager and their teams in all areas of station management.
• Provides strategic direction to Marketing and Promotions and works to expand brand awareness of WFUV’s service.
• Oversees WFUV’s Senior Director of Technical Operations in the acquisition, implementation, maintenance, and replacement of the station's technology infrastructure.
• Ensures WFUV’s compliance in all areas.
• Represents WFUV’s interest with key state and national organizations and agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission, National Public Radio, Greater Public, Eastern Regional Public Media, and other national organizations.

Candidate Profile

The General Manager will be a strategic and visionary leader with experience in arts leadership and a deep knowledge of broadcasting and the digital present and future of programming content format and distribution platforms. They will be deeply community and public service minded and have a passion for music discovery and the advancement of local artists. The next General Manager will bring a commitment to the education and training of the next generation of broadcast journalists, emerging technical experts, and other future broadcast and content creation industry leaders grounded in mentorship and experiential learning in a college environment. They will bring a record of creative collaboration and partnership that will enable them to build and sustain professional relationships within the university, in the community and region, and in the music industry, in service to students, Fordham, emerging artists, and the diverse listenership of the station.

The GM will demonstrate a deep commitment to WFUV’s mission and the community impact of its work, bringing to the role a minimum of 8 years relevant experience, together with a demonstrated history of increasingly more responsible leadership positions in media or higher education or equivalent. While no one candidate will have every experience outlined in the position description, ideal candidates will display the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:

• Capacity to provide strategic leadership and practical management in a complex and dynamic organization
• Experience of forecasting and managing complex budgets that include multiple and variable revenue streams from a wide array of sources
• Experience of modernizing media offerings and ability to navigate the transition from traditional broadcast to multi-platform digital content
• Technological competency, awareness of new media, and ability to oversee a technologically based capital plant
• The ability to build strong relationships with internal partners, community organizations and businesses, and industry leaders
• Experience in donor cultivation and development, and fundraising strategy
• Knowledge of FCC regulations and broadcast compliance
• Commitment to and ability to communicate the value of a community based public radio station
• A proven track record of developing positive, productive, collaborative work environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A bachelor’s degree is required; a related Master's degree is preferred, as is familiarity with Triple A music format and experience in a higher education setting and/or working with students and/or training programs.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The salary range for this role is $192,000 to $220,000 with a generous benefits package designed to support physical, mental, and financial wellness.

Contact

DSG Global has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Amy Sugin and Laurie Casteen. Submit a compelling cover letter and resume by filling out DSG’s Talent Profile. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

Equal Opportunity at WFUV

Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.