Annual Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Report

March 24, 2009 – March 31, 2010 

Radio Station WKBI AM/FM

  Annual EEO Public File Report

            The purpose of this EEO Public File Report is to comply with Sections 73.2080(c)(6) of the FCC’s EEO Rule.  This Report has been prepared on behalf of the Station Employment Unit that is compromised of the following stations:  WKBI AM and FM  and is required to be placed in the public inspection files of these stations, and posted on their websites.

            The information contained in this Report covers the time period beginning March 24 2009 to and including March 31, 2010. 

            The FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule requires that this Report contain the following information:

1-A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the Station comprising the Station Employment Unit during the Applicable Period;

2-For each such vacancy, the recruitment sources utilized to fill the vacancy, identified by name, address, contact person, and telephone number;       

3- The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the Applicable Period;                  

4- Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the Applicable Period and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized in connection with such vacancies;                  

5- A list and brief description of the initiatives undertaken pursuant to Section 73.208 (c) (2) of the FCC rules.

Appendices 1, 2, and 3, which follow have been designed, in the aggregate, to provide the required information.  Please note that the numbers listed on Appendix 2 under the column entitled “Full Time Positions for Which This Source Was Utilized” refer to the number of the full-time positions listed on Appendix 1.

For purposes of this report, a vacancy was deemed “filled” not when the offer was extended but when the hiree accepted the job offer.  A person was deemed “interviewed” whether he or she was interviewed in person and/or over the telephone.

 

Appendix 1  Section 1:  Vacancy Information

During this past year, there was no time when we had a vacancy in any fulltime position that needed to be filled.

With four full-time sales representatives and the Station Manager, this constitutes five full-time employees, so WKBI AM/FM remains within the EEO limit that requires a complete report.

 

Persons Hired within the year:

NO ONE.  In Fact, we eliminated a fulltime employee in the Program Department because of the business downturn over the last several years. 

 

 
Full-Time Positions Filled by Job Title

Recruitment Source of Hiree

1

 None

 

2

None

 

3

None 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number of Persons Interviewed During the Applicable Period:  0

 

Appendix 1  Sec 2:  Recruitment Source Information

    

Recruitment Source:

Total Number of Interviewees This Source Has Provided During this Period

Full Time Positions for Which This Source Was Utilized

A

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

  *Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

Appendix 2

(Use separate Attachment for each job opening during period)

Attachment A

Job Title of Vacancy:_________First Hire______

Recruitment Source that referred the Hiree:________________________

Date Vacancy Opened:_____________________________

Total Number of persons interviewed:_________________________

Date Vacancy Filled:_____ ____________________________

Recruitment Sources Used to fill the Vacancy:

   

Name of Recruitment Source:

 

Address

 

Contact

Person:

 

Telephone Number:

Number of Interviewees referred by the Source:

 

Request for Notification?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

 

 

(Use separate Attachment for each job opening during period)

Attachment B

Job Title of Vacancy:______  ________

Recruitment Source that referred the Hiree:___________________

Date Vacancy Opened:______________________________

Total Number of persons interviewed:___ Date Vacancy Filled:_______________________________

Recruitment Sources Used to fill the Vacancy:

   

Name of Recruitment Source:

 

Address

 

Contact

Person:

 

Telephone Number:

Number of Interviewees referred by the Source:

 

Request for Notification?

Same list as above

 

 

 

 

 

**Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

 

 

 

Appendix 3 Section 3:

Supplemental Recruitment Activities Undertaken  to fulfill the requirements of the FCC: (non-Vacancy Specific): 

WKBI Participated in the annual Job Fair, hosted by North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission in Feburary 2010.

 WKBI Participated By Providing:

 2 Hour Live Broadcast
- Interviewed various businesses regarding careers in their repsective industry.
 
WKBI Booth
- During the career fair, WKBI spoke with various job seekers, adults, 21-45, about various careers within the broadcast industry, and specifically, career opportunities with WKBI

 

- The second part of the career fair we designed specifically for high school aged persons. During this time, WKBI spoke with a number of students regarding careers in the radio industry and specifically about careers with WKBI.

 

                                                By John Salter, WKBI Station Manager 

 

STATEMENT OF CARY H. SIMPSON, LICENSEE 2009

  Traditionally, we also speak with the Placement Directors/ Directors of Student Affairs at the Pennsylvania State University, DuBois Campus, and the DuBois Business College about suggesting a radio career to the students they work with.  However, this year, because of the economic downturn, we did not wish to give false hopes to the graduates, so, we decided to skip this year's contacts.  We all hope that next year will be better for everyone. 

  Menu Option Items:

Activity Classification

Type of Activity

 Brief Description of Activity

  Outreach to Educational Institutions

 

Dubois Business College and University of Pennsylvania DuBois Campus

 

See above report by Cary H. Simpson

We did not make any contact this year

 

 

Guidance and Placement Officers

Elk County High Schools,.

 

We did not make any contact this year, other than broadcasting from Career Fair in Ridgway.

 

 

BROCHURE:   Several years ago, WKBI AM/FM prepared a tri-fold color brochure titled “Careers in Radio” with sections describing Radio DJ and news positions, and citing examples of persons who began their careers at WKBI and who have achieved prominence in major market radio and tv.  Another section talks about positions in news reporting and producing, and cites examples of WKBI alums who rose to positions with Fox TV, Cornell University, a Newspaper Editor, a Nashville Country Music star, etc.  And finally there is a section on sales and marketing, and the opportunity to make a good living without leaving home and hometown. These brochures are still available.

  STATEMENT OF JOHN SALTER, WKBI STATION MANAGER

 

  Appendix 4  Non-Menu Option Activities:

 

Supplemental Activities Not Being Claimed for Menu Option Credit:

 
        

 

 

 

This report is as of March 31, 2010. Posted to www.wkbi.net website April 7, 2010. Also posted to www.b94fm.net on same date

 

Annual Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Report

March 26, 2008 – March 24, 2009 

Radio Station WKBI AM/FM

  Annual EEO Public File Report

            The purpose of this EEO Public File Report is to comply with Sections 73.2080(c)(6) of the FCC’s EEO Rule.  This Report has been prepared on behalf of the Station Employment Unit that is compromised of the following stations:  WKBI AM and FM  and is required to be placed in the public inspection files of these stations, and posted on their websites.

            The information contained in this Report covers the time period beginning March 26, 2008 to and including March 24, 2009. 

            The FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule requires that this Report contain the following information:

1-A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the Station comprising the Station Employment Unit during the Applicable Period;

2-For each such vacancy, the recruitment sources utilized to fill the vacancy, identified by name, address, contact person, and telephone number;       

3- The recruitment source that referred the hiree for each full-time vacancy during the Applicable Period;                  

4- Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the Applicable Period and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized in connection with such vacancies;                  

5- A list and brief description of the initiatives undertaken pursuant to Section 73.208 (c) (2) of the FCC rules.

Appendices 1, 2, and 3, which follow have been designed, in the aggregate, to provide the required information.  Please note that the numbers listed on Appendix 2 under the column entitled “Full Time Positions for Which This Source Was Utilized” refer to the number of the full-time positions listed on Appendix 1.

For purposes of this report, a vacancy was deemed “filled” not when the offer was extended but when the hiree accepted the job offer.  A person was deemed “interviewed” whether he or she was interviewed in person and/or over the telephone.

 

Appendix 1  Section 1:  Vacancy Information

During this past year, there was no time when we had a vacancy in any fulltime position that needed to be filled.

With four full-time sales representatives and this full-time programming department employee, this constitutes five full-time employees, so WKBI AM/FM remains within the EEO limit that requires a complete report.

 

Persons Hired within the year:

 

David Carr was hired as a part-time morning announcer with 22 hours weekly, and Alanna Lilja was hired for a part-time position Sunday mornings for 6 hours weekly..

 

 
Full-Time Positions Filled by Job Title

Recruitment Source of Hiree

1

 None

 

2

None

 

3

None 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Number of Persons Interviewed During the Applicable Period:  0

 

Appendix 1  Sec 2:  Recruitment Source Information

    

Recruitment Source:

Total Number of Interviewees This Source Has Provided During this Period

Full Time Positions for Which This Source Was Utilized

A

 

 

 

B

 

 

 

C

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

  *Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

Appendix 2

(Use separate Attachment for each job opening during period)

Attachment A

Job Title of Vacancy:_________First Hire______

Recruitment Source that referred the Hiree:________________________

Date Vacancy Opened:_____________________________

Total Number of persons interviewed:_________________________

Date Vacancy Filled:_____ ____________________________

Recruitment Sources Used to fill the Vacancy:

   

Name of Recruitment Source:

 

Address

 

Contact

Person:

 

Telephone Number:

Number of Interviewees referred by the Source:

 

Request for Notification?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

 

 

(Use separate Attachment for each job opening during period)

Attachment B

Job Title of Vacancy:______  ________

Recruitment Source that referred the Hiree:___________________

Date Vacancy Opened:______________________________

Total Number of persons interviewed:___ Date Vacancy Filled:_______________________________

Recruitment Sources Used to fill the Vacancy:

   

Name of Recruitment Source:

 

Address

 

Contact

Person:

 

Telephone Number:

Number of Interviewees referred by the Source:

 

Request for Notification?

Same list as above

 

 

 

 

 

**Indicates sources that have requested notification of job openings.

 

 

 

Appendix 3 Section 3:

Supplemental Recruitment Activities Undertaken  to fulfill the requirements of the FCC: (non-Vacancy Specific): 

CONTACTS MADE BY NANCY BODIEN 2009

 

Each year, Nancy Bodien, Program Director of WKBI AM/FM, has been in contact with various high schools, expressing the interest of the station in making students aware of various career opportunities.

 

The list of schools she contacts throughout the year includes Ridgway Area High School, where this year’s message of interest by the station was announced over the school’s PA System.  A half dozen informal telephone  inquiries were made by students who called the radio station to see if there were any current openings.  Nancy recorded the names of those who called, and they will be kept on file.

 

Messages were left at the remaining schools, since the Guidance Counselors all were engaged in other activity, and Nancy did not request they return a call; merely reiterated the message given each year.

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF CARY H. SIMPSON, LICENSEE 2009

 

We spoke to Barb Holt in the office of the Pennsylvania State University, DuBois Campus, Department of Student Affairs, in the absence of Rebecca Pennington, Director.  We expressed our interest in letting students know that we occasionally have need for part-time or full-time employees, and suggesting that we would send our brochure. 

 

We also spoke with Barb Martini, who is Placement Director of DuBois Business College, and explained that both the DuBois Campus and the Huntingdon Campus are near to our radio stations (DuBois is near to WKBI, St. Marys, and Huntingdon is near to WTRN, Tyrone) and invited her to keep us in mind when suggesting places that her graduates might look when seeking future employment. 

We joked about the weather being better this year, compared to last year when the school was under a weather emergency and all offices were closed.

  Menu Option Items:

Activity Classification

Type of Activity

 Brief Description of Activity

  Outreach to Educational Institutions

 

Dubois Business College and University of Pennsylvania DuBois Campus

 

See above report by Cary H. Simpson

 

 

Guidance and Placement Officers

Elk County High Schools,.

 

See above report on contacts by Nancy Bodien

S

 

 

 

BROCHURE:   Several years ago, WKBI AM/FM prepared a tri-fold color brochure titled “Careers in Radio” with sections describing Radio DJ and news positions, and citing examples of persons who began their careers at WKBI and who have achieved prominence in major market radio and tv.  Another section talks about positions in news reporting and producing, and cites examples of WKBI alums who rose to positions with Fox TV, Cornell University, a Newspaper Editor, a Nashville Country Music star, etc.  And finally there is a section on sales and marketing, and the opportunity to make a good living without leaving home and hometown. These brochures are still available.

 

 

  Appendix 4  Non-Menu Option Activities:

 

Supplemental Activities Not Being Claimed for Menu Option Credit:

 
        

 

 

 

Posted to www.wkbi.net website March 24, 2009. Also posted to www.b94fm.net on March 24, 2009

 

 

For earlier years, go to our AM Affiliate Station WKBI at www.wkbi.net