EEO Employment Report
This is the report required by section 73.2080(c) (6) of the Rules of the Federal Communications Commission for broadcast station employment units with five or more full-time employees. It is to be included in our public file on or before the anniversary of our renewal of license application, which is October 1 of each year. Our “employment unit” consists of KOKX-(AM) and KOKX-(FM), Keokuk, Iowa, licensed to W. Russell Withers, Jr.; and employees of W. Russell Withers, Jr. who perform services in support of our provision of programming to WCEZ-FM, Carthage, Illinois and KRNQ-FM, Keokuk, Iowa pursuant to respective “Time Brokerage Agreements.”
1.
PERIOD COVERED: October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 LIST OF FULL TIME JOB VACANCIES FILLED BY OUR
EMPLOYMENT UNIT DURING THE PERIOD Job Vacancy/Title Date Filled
(BY JOB TITLE)
Recruitment Source Employee Ref. Job Service Radio
Employee Ref.
1. 2. 3. 4.
Advertising Sales News Director Advertising Sales Newsroom/Reporter
09/25/08 10/03/08 11/12/08 03/19/09
11. In each case listed, (i) advertisements which aired on all four stations, (ii) listings with Job Service
and (iii) referrals by current employees. Job Vacancies/Title Recruitment Source
RECRUITMENT SOURCES USED TO FILL EACH OF THE FOREGOING JOB CATEGORIES (include address, contact person, and telephone #)
1.
Advertising Sales News Director
Advertising Sales Newsroom/Reporter
Employee Referral Job Service – John Shields, 106 Washington St., Keokuk, IA 52632 319-524-1862 Radio Employee Referral – Bill Reed – Sports Director
111. RECRUITMENT SOURCE WHICH REFERRED EACH OF THE HIREES FOR THE VACANCIES LISTED ABOVE:
Job Vacancies/Title Recruitment Source
1. Advertising Sales
2. News Director
3. Advertising Sales
4. Newsroom/Reporter
Employee Referral Job Service Radio Employee Referral
IV. INTERVIEWED FOR FULL-TIME VACANCIES DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERVIEWEES REFERRED BY
EACH RECRUITMENT SOURCE UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH VACANCIES.
1. 2. 3.
1 interviewed (heard by radio announcement)
2 interviewed (referral by current employee)
5 interviewed (Job Service)
V. DESCRIPTION OF INITIATIVES LISTED IN 47 CFR 73.2080 © (2) TAKEN BY OUR EMPLOYMENT UNIT:
We conducted the following initiatives:
1. We advertise all job openings on all four of the radio stations in the Employment unit.
2. Our employment unit has sent out some 25 letters to various organizations, colleges, state job services, and local chapters of national organizations in our three state area (Southeast Iowa, Northeast Missouri, and Western Illinois), to inform them of our recruitment endeavors.
3. We are on the mailing lists of economic development entities within 50 miles of Keokuk for the purpose of informing us when and where job fairs will be held. We are also registered with a state employment service: Job Service of Iowa, in which we aired announcements and participated in this campaign.
4. General Manager, Gary Folluo, Announcer, Suzy Glasscock, and Program Director, Dan Workman, attended the Keokuk High School Career Day, November 6, 2009 held at the Keokuk High School in Keokuk, Iowa. This was an effort to bring the community members into the high school to share with the students career opportunities that are available to them. Gary, Suzy, and Dan spent a few hours talking to hundreds of students about considering broadcasting as a career.
5. Suzy Glasscock, our morning DJ and host for the Suzy G Show, participated in The Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace and Society, a Junior Class Symposium for area schools, held March 18th, 2009. Juniors from various high schools participated in the program which increases the young adult’s understanding of values and ethics and the application of them to career fields and jobs.
6. We participated in and were a sponsor of the Regional Southeast Iowa Job Fair held in Burlington, Iowa March 26, 2009. General Manager, Gary Folluo, is on the Board of Directors of the SE Iowa Regional Job Fair.
7. Program Director, Dan Workman, visited the 6th grade class at the Keokuk Middle School on October 17, 2008 to record PSA’s as part of the schools observance of “Character Counts” week. The children had written what character meant to them.
8. Visit to communications class at Keokuk High School, March 11, 2009. Program Director, Dan Workman, spoke to the class regarding the differences between AM and FM radio. He gave a brief overview of FCC indecency regulations.
9. Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Keokuk National Cemetery. (one of the original eleven or twelve National Cemeteries dedicated the same day as Arlington.) Gary Folluo, General Manager of Withers Broadcasting of Iowa, and Suzy Glasscock, our morning DJ and Host of the Suzy G Show, were the leaders for this project for the City of Keokuk and the Keokuk National Cemetery. The ceremony was held December 13, 2008, and broadcast live on all four of our stations.
