Job Openings
"In accordance with the Federal Communications Commission guidelines and streamlining policies WBVM, licensed to the Diocese of St. Petersburg, will afford equal opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, and sex. For certain job requirements, WBVM claims religious exemption to the recruitment requirements as set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. In certain job situations, it is vital to the mission of the station to require religion as a job qualification."
Positions Available:
No other positions are available at this time. If you would like to submit a resume or demo recording for future reference, send it to WBVM, 717 S. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, Florida, 33609. You can also email to contact@myspiritfm.com or jmorris@myspiritfm.comFor more information about WBVM recruitment practices, see below. When a position becomes vacant, WBVM will use the following resources for notification: Pastoral Bulletin of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, parish bulletins within the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay Times, The Florida Catholic Newspaper. The notification may also appear in the following national or email distributed publications: Catholic Radio Update newsletter, Christian Radio Weekly. The notification may also appear on the following websites: myspiritfm.com, allaccess.com, dosp.org, SBE39.org (for broadcast engineers); hisair.net; fab.org; WBVM welcomes all college students and high school graduates who have a desire to learn more about radio and communications. An internship with Spirit FM can lead to success in the radio and broadcasting business in a number of areas. Internships are open to students who are studying communications, marketing, radio and television, computer science, or electronic engineering. Internships are not paid positions; however, students earn college credit for the semester/quarter. Therefore, all applicants must be enrolled in college and have an interest in radio, journalism, telecommunication, marketing, and/or liberal arts programs that apply to communication. WBVM has relationships and may post job openings at the University of South Florida, Tampa; Hillsborough Community College; St. Petersburg College; Pasco/Hernando State College; Saint Leo University; Southeastern University among others. WBVM also accepts Full Sail and CSB students. WBVM will also accept interns and job applicants from professional trade schools. WBVM will also consider volunteers to train for possible careers in broadcasting. A position for an Announcer/Digital Media Coordinator was posted May 6, 2022 and ran through May 18, 2022. There were applicants, 2 were interviewed, 1 hired. Applicants came from Indeed.com, Allaccess.com, DOSP.com, hisair.net and word of mouth. Hire came from Spirit FM and Diocese of St. Petersburg Internship Program. Position was shifted from full to part time. A position for an Announcer/Production Coordinator was posted January 22, 2022 and ran through February 21, 2022. There were applicants, 2 were interviewed, 1 hired. Applicants came from Indeed.com, Allaccess.com, DOSP.com, hisair.net and word of mouth. Hire came as a promotion from within. Other responsibilites absorbed. A position for a Director of Development and Fundraising was posted May 1, 2022 and ran through March 22, 2023. There were applicants. were interviewed. Applicants came from indeed.com, Diocese of St Petersburg website, dosp.org; myspiritfm.com, Saint Leo University, University of South Florida Catholic Student Center, Full Sail, word of mouth, and the Florida Catholic Newspaper. Hire came from Diocese of St. Petersburg website dosp.org. A position for an Announcer/Promotions Coordinator was posted October 3, 2019 and ran through October 15, 2019. There were 25 applicants, 2 were interviewed, 1 hired. Applicants came from Indeed.com, Allaccess.com, DOSP.com, hisair.net and word of mouth. Hire came from dosp.com and word of mouth. A position for a Director of Development and Fundraising was posted June 4, 2019 and ran through June 15, 2019. There were 43 applicants. 6 were interviewed, 2 had second interviews. Applicants came from indeed.com, Diocese of St Petersburg website, dosp.org; myspiritfm.com, word of mouth, and the Florida Catholic Newspaper. Hire came from indeed.com A position for an Announcer was posted January 17, 2019 and ran through February 27, 2019. There were 60 applicants. 6 were interviewed. 2 had second interviews. One was hired. Applicants came from All Access, Diocese of St. Petersburg website, Indeed.com, Florida Catholic Newspaper and Word of Mouth. Hired was from All Access. For the period: January 1-December 31, 2018, there were no openings at WBVM. For the period: January 1-December 31, 2017, there were no openings at WBVM. Entities WBVM 90.5 FM may use for posting or advertising vacancies: Name of Entities Contact Person Address Phone Diocese of St Petersburg Giselle Gillis PO Box 40200 727-344-1611 St Petersburg, FL 33743 Dosp.org Indeed.com (thru DOSP) Patti Rudis Indeed.com Florida Catholic Newspaper Mike Carlock PO Box 4993 1800-275-9953 Orlando, FL 32802 Thefloridacatholic.org Tampa Bay Times Classified Ads tampabay.com/jobs Florida Assn. of Broadcasters Lindsay Tidwell 101 East College Ave. Ste 101 850-681-6444 Tallahassee FL 32301 Fab.org Christian Radio Weekly Classifieds/Ad Dir. 1795 N Road 308-946-5550 Central City, NE 68826 Christianradioweekly.com Catholic Radio Update Newsletter Mike Dorner michaeldorner@q.com WBVM 90.5 FM Inc. John Morris 717 South Dale Mabry Highway 813-289-8040 Tampa, FL 33609 Myspiritfm.com Allaccess.com webmaster allaccess.com Society of Broadcasting Roswell Clark PO Box 21242 Engineers/Tampa Bay Chapter St Petersburg, FL 33742 Sbe39.org Full Sail University Harmony Thompson 3300 University Boulevard 866-807-3140 Winter Park, FL 32792 Fullsail.edu Connecticut School of Broadcasting Jennifer Perkins 3901 Coconut Palm Drive #105 813-443-5307 Tampa campus Tampa, FL 33619 Gocsb.com Inside Radio Gene McKay PO Box 567925 800-640-8852 Atlanta, GA 31156 Insideradio.com Hillsborough Community College Lorraine Canalejo 2112 N 15th Street 813-253-7978 PST134 Tampa, FL 33605 Entities WBVM 90.5 FM may use for posting or advertising vacancies: Name of Entities Contact Person Address Phone Saint Leo University Megan Jones 33701 State Road 52 352-588-8346 Deanna Bullard St Leo, FL 33574 Saintleo.edu University of South Florida Mike McCay 4202 E Fowler Ave. 813-974-7813 Tampa Tampa, FL 33620 Catholic Student Center Rev. Kyle Bell 13005 N 50th Street 813-988-3727 University of South Fl./Tampa Tampa, FL 33617 Pasco Hernando State College Eric Theodore 10230 Ridge Road 813-527-6725 New Port Richey, FL 34654 theodoe@phsc.edu Southeastern University/Lakeland compass@seu.org 1000 Longfellow Blvd. 863-667-5157 Lakeland, FL 33801 Word of Mouth Employee Referral
