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 Executive Director at jevans@wcqs.org and you will be placed on our distribution list for future Position Vacancy Announcements.
2012 ANNUAL EEO
PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Western North
Carolina Public Radio, Inc.
Period covered by this report (“Period”): August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012. Call signs of stations comprising the reporting Station Employment Unit: WCQS (FM), Asheville, NC, WFQS (FM), Franklin, NC and WYQS (FM), Mars Hill, NC. During the reporting period there were 12 full-time persons employed by the station.
I. Full-time vacancies during period
2 - Underwriting / Corporate Support Representatives
1- Membership Associate
II. Each recruitment or referral source (“Source”) used to seek candidates for each vacancy.
Underwriting/Corporate Support Representatives Search 2012
EEO Data
Places posted and where interviewees heard about the position
Asheville Citizen-Times / Careerbuilder.com
Sam Nugent
Sales Consultant
Citizen Times | Careerbuilder.com
(866) 782-6914 | Toll-free
slnugent@gannett.com
WCQS–on-line and on-air announcements
http://www.wcqs.org/
Barbara
Sayer, bsayer@wcqs.org, 828-210-4800
73 Broadway
St. Asheville, NC 28801
Total number of persons interviewed for all full-time vacancies during period:·
1st round – 7 people were interviewed
by phone by Director of Underwriting·
2nd round – 5 people were interviewed by phone by
Executive Director, Program Director, Membership Director and Director of
Underwriting
3rd round – 3 final candidates were interviewed and
offered the position by the Underwriting Manager. 1 candidate declined the
position.
Underwriting/Corporate Support Representative hired on 02/06/12 and 02/26/12
Membership Associate Search 2011
EEO Data
Places posted and where interviewees heard about the position
Asheville Citizen-Times
Greenville
News & Asheville Citizen-Times
http://www.citizen-times.com/
Tyler Moore,
tmoore@gannett.com, 888-692-2570
Career Builder
http://wwwcareerbuilder.com
Tyler Moore,
tmoore@gannett.com, 888-692-2570
WCQS–on-line and on-air announcements
http://www.wcqs.org/
Michelle
Keenan, mkeenan@wcqs.org, 828-210-4800
73 Broadway
St. Asheville, NC 28801
Total number of persons interviewed for all full-time vacancies during period:
· 5 people were interviewed in person by Executive Director and Membership Director, first choice candidate was interviewed twice.
Candidate
#1 – Word of Mouth / consultant
Candidate
#2 – On-Air Reinforcement
Candidate
#3 – On-Air Reinforcement
Candidate
#4 – Asheville Citizen-Times / Career Builder
Candidate
#5 – Asheville Citizen-Times / Career Builder
Membership Associate hired on Oct. 4, 2011
III. Total number of interviewees for all full-time
vacancies during period per source:
12
No source requested that they be notified of full-time job openings.
IV. Outreach Activities during period
Maintained an internship program at the station.
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.
- 2 Interns over the course of the period
Maintained a Volunteer program at the station.
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
on going and occasional. Volunteers are
not paid.
- 52 volunteers donating more than 1,000 hours of service during the period
Offered
training opportunities to employees to 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 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.
- Program Director, Public Radio Program Directors Conference, September 2011
- Executive Director, Business Mgr/CPA, CPB training, December 2011
- Program Director, North Carolina Public
Radio Association Annual Meeting/Conference, January 2011
- Membership Director – training with DEI consultant Melanie Coulson –ongoing
- Director of
Underwriting– training with nonprofit consultant Marlene Schneider –
Oct-Dec 2011
- Program Director – 2 webinars
given by the Public Radio Program Directors Association
- Underwriting Director, Underwriting Associate – 2 webinars given by the Development Exchange,
Inc.
- Membership Director – (6)
webinars given by the Development Exchange, Inc.
- Membership Associate –
(2) webinars given by the Development Exchange, Inc.
- Membership Director – (2)
webinars given by NPR Digital Services
- Membership Director – (1)
webinar given by M-Give Foundation
- Executive Director, Membership Director, Membership Associate, Underwriting Director – (1) Benchmark Consultation by Development Exchange, Inc.
- Executive Director – CPB/Development Exchange, Inc. Leadership for Philanthropy Program – Jan 2012 – current.
Offered training to management level personnel as to methods of ensuring equal employment opportunities and preventing discrimination.
Employees are required to participate in professional training sessions to ensure the organization adheres to equal employment opportunity practices and preventing discrimination in the hiring practices and in the workplace.
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Executive Director – OCBO and the Media Bureau webinar on EEO best practices. January 2012.
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Entire full time staff – Non Harassment Training, May 2012
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Executive Director, Membership Director, Program Director, Underwriting Director, Chief Engineer – Non Harassment Training for Managers – May 2012
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Executive Director, Membership Director, Program Director, Underwriting Director, Chief Engineer - Conducting Workplace Investigations for Managers – June 2012
Miscellaneous
Made tours available for student and community groups to learn about radio and career opportunities in the field.
