Summer Intern
Weigel Broadcasting Co.Highlight
Summary
About the Role
About You
- Availability to commit 20 hours per week to the internship.
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program.
- Highly organized with a passion for history, pop culture, and news.
- Flexible schedule to meet the demands of a daily one-hour television program.
Benefits
- Hourly pay rate of $16.60/hour.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance Package, Long Term Disability Insurance & Accident Insurance.
- 401k with Company Match.
- Paid time off including vacation, personal, sick, and holidays.
- Paid Qualified-FMLA Leave.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Tax-free Transit & Tax-free Discounted Parking Access.
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is the leader in broadcast television with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number-one rated multicast network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, the Story Television Network and the MeTV Toons Network in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Svengoolie, Toon In With Me and Collector’s Call. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates, offering a mix of entertainment programing, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts. Weigel and its affiliate companies broadcast network and independent television stations serving New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Orlando, Cleveland, Portland, St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Hartford, Milwaukee, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Des Moines, Green Bay, South Bend, Evansville and Rockford. The company’s history goes back more than five decades. Always an entrepreneurial company finding innovative ways to serve its markets, Weigel began with a single television station — WCIU-TV. Today, Weigel is a multi-platform media company with broadcast and network operations; a popular radio station playing timeless and memorable music; and proprietary technology for news applications. The industry continues to evolve and Weigel has changed dramatically along with it. What remains unchanged is Weigel’s dedication to serving our audiences and clients with compelling programming, products and innovation.