Position Overview:

The Capitals Radio Host & Reporter serves as a key on-air personality and content contributor for the Washington Capitals Radio Network. This role is responsible for hosting pregame, intermission, and postgame coverage for all Capitals games, while also supporting year-round content development across radio, podcasts, digital platforms, social media, and television appearances.

Do you have the experience and energy to contribute to National Hockey League game broadcasts and bring fresh ideas to the role?! We'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the on-air host for pregame, intermission, and postgame coverage on the Washington Capitals Radio Network for all regular season and playoff games.
• Host broadcasts live from Capital One Arena for home games and from the network studio for road games.
• Cover team practices, media availabilities, community events, and other team activities throughout the season.
• Develop, research, and produce content for radio broadcasts, podcasts, digital channels, and social platforms.
• Conduct interviews with players, coaches, executives, and hockey operations staff.
• Cultivate relationships with local and national hockey media, league personnel, players, and team staff.
• Identify, secure, and interview high-profile guests from across the hockey community for broadcast and digital content.
• Collaborate with the team to develop storylines, features, and creative broadcast elements.
• Produce and host podcast content that informs, entertains, and engages Capitals fans.
• Create and repurpose content for social media, including game highlights, goal calls, interviews, and other audio and video assets.
• Record and produce player liners and other broadcast elements for network programming.
• Support sponsorship integrations and branded content opportunities within broadcasts.
• Give creative ideas that enhance fan engagement and strengthen overall broadcast quality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, Journalism, Broadcasting, Sports Media, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of broadcast, sports media, or on-air hosting experience.
• Solid understanding of professional hockey experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience hosting live broadcasts, interviews, and long-form content.
• Experience producing podcast, radio, or digital audio content.
• Strong storytelling, interviewing, and written communication skills.
• Experience creating content for social media platforms, including X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and emerging channels.
• Familiarity with Adobe Audition, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar audio/video editing software preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced live production environment
• Strong relationship-building and networking skills.
• On-camera experience in sports or news media preferred.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, holidays, and travel as required by the NHL schedule.

Pay Range: $75k - $85k USD.

Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.