EEO Public File Report

Purpose of This Report

Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. (the licensee of WCQS, WFQS and WYQS) has a formal non-discrimination policy, manifested by the following Article in its bylaws: "The Corporation shall not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national affiliation, disability or sexual preference".

All recruiting efforts for vacant positions include special attempts to attract diverse pools of qualified candidates, including the distribution of job vacancy notices to numerous organizations that serve women and minorities.

The FCC requires that this Annual EEO Public File Report is placed here on our website and in our station public file. It contains information regarding full-time positions hired during the previous year. We list our recruitment sources and a description of our supplemental outreach initiatives implemented during the reporting period. We also encourage any organization wishing to receive future notices about WCQS job vacancies to contact the General Manager at: esubkis@wcqs.org and you will be placed on our distribution list for future Position Vacancy Announcements.

Period Covered by this Report ("Period"):  August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009.

Call signs of stations comprising the reporting Station Employment Unit:

WCQS(FM), Asheville NC, WFQS(FM), Franklin, NC, and WYQS-FM, Mars Hill, NC

I.    Full-time vacancies filled during period

    None

II.   Each recruitment or referral source ("Source") used to seek candidates for each vacancy

    N/A

III.    Total number of persons interviewed for all full-time vacancies filled during period:    N/A

IV.    Total number of interviewees for all full-time vacancies filled during period per source:

N/A

V.    Outreach Activities during period

• Maintained an internship and volunteer program at the stations.

Interns are individuals who are willing to commit to a significant amount of time over a defined period to volunteer their services to the stations in exchange for on the job training and experience in radio.

Volunteers are individuals who donate their time and services to the stations in exchange for on the job training and experience, or to help the stations fulfill their mission.  Volunteer commitments are both ongoing and occasional.  Volunteers are not paid.

• Offered training opportunities to employees that enable them to increase their skills, improve their job performance and/or prepare them for higher level positions.

Employees are encouraged to participate in professional development activities designed to teach new skills that make it possible for them to do their job better, grow in their position and/or acquire skills that prepare them for higher level positions within the organization.  Employees participated in conferences, seminars and webinars under this program.

• Made tours available for students and community groups to learn about radio and career opportunities in the field.
  

• Management participated in an EEO training session with an HR Attorney 1/23/09.

• Established a mentoring program for station personnel.
  

The stations offered an in-house mentoring program for its personnel.  Employees wishing to learn the skills that qualify them for higher level positions within the organization inform the General Manager of their interest in being mentored for a particular position.  The General Manager then teams employees with an appropriate mentor to facilitate this training.

NOTE:  While our Station Employment Unit had no vacancies during the period covered by this report, it is our practice to publicize position vacancies in the following manner:

• Sending job vacancy information to multiple referral sources – both local and national.

• Advertising job vacancies in local and regional newspapers.

• Broadcasting notices of job vacancies over the air.

• Posting job vacancies on our website.