February 1 , 2010
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OF
The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy that would be followed at
radio stations KVOE(AM & FM) and KFFX(FM),
that of the FCC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Program.
To more
completely indicate what
Policy would be, it would include the following:
I. General Policy
It would be our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to their race, color, genetics, religion, national origin or sex in all personnel actions including recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training and termination.
It would also be our policy to promote the realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive, continuing program of specific practices designed to ensure the full realization of equal employment opportunity with out regard to race, color, genetics, religion, national origin or sex.
To make this policy effective, and to ensure conformance with the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, our Equal Employment Opportunity Program would include the following elements:
II. Responsible for Implementation
Ron Thomas, the General Manager of the radio stations KVOE(AM & FM) and KFFX (FM), will be responsible for the administration and implementation of our Equal Employment Opportunity Program. It would also be the responsibility of all persons making employment decisions with respect to recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training and termination of employees to ensure that our policy and program is adhered to and that no person is discriminated against in employment because of race, color, genetics, religion, national origin or sex.
III. Policy Dissemination
To assure that all members of the staff are aware of our equal employment opportunity policy and their individual responsibilities in carrying out this policy the following communication efforts will be made:
The station’s employment application form will contain a notice informing prospective employees that discrimination because of race, color, genetics, religion, national origin or sex is prohibited and that they may notify the appropriate local, state or federal agency if they believe they have been the victim of discrimination.
Appropriate notices will be posted informing applicants and employees that the station is an Equal Opportunity Employer and of their right to notify an appropriate local, state or federal agency if they believe they have been the victim of discrimination.
We would seek the cooperation in relation to minorities and women, and to foster their full consideration in filling job vacancies, we would utilize the following recruitment procedures:
We will attempt to maintain systematic communication, both orally and in writing, with minority and women organizations to encourage the referral of qualified minority and female applicants. This will include local chapters for a) National Organization of Women, and b) NAACP.
In addition to organizations, which specialize in minority and women candidates, we would also deal with employment services, including state employment agencies, which refer job candidates without regard to their race, color, genetics, religion, national origin or sex. Examples of such agencies are: a) Kansas State Employment Service, and b) Local Offices of National Placement Services.
When we recruit prospective
employees from educational institutions such recruitment efforts would include
area schools and colleges with significant minority and female enrollments.
These include: a)
When utilizing media for recruitment purposes, help-wanted advertisements would always include a notice that we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and contain no indications, either explicit or implied, or a preference for one sex over another.
When we place employment advertisements in printed media, some of such advertisements would be placed in media which have significant circulation or are of particular interest of minorities and women. These include: a) Broadcasting Magazine, b) NAB Publications, and c) Emporia Gazette.
We would also encourage present employees, particularly minority and female employees, to refer minority and female candidates for existing and future job openings.
IV. Training
Station resources and/or needs are such that we do not choose to institute specific programs for upgrading the skills of employees. However, we would provide certain instances of on-the-job training to upgrade the skills of employees as follows: sales training, new materials and tools for sales people. We would also, where possible, provide intern training for students with a broadcast interest.
2010 -
Annual EEO Public File Report
The purpose of this EEO
Public File Report ( Annual EEO Report ) is to comply with Section
73.2080(c)(6) of the FCC s Equal Employment Rules. This Annual EEO Report
summarizes the relevant hiring and EEO outreach conducted by the following
stations, which collectively form a single Station Employment Unit for purposes
of the EEO Rules:
Call
Sign Community FIN
KVOE AM
KVOE FM
KFFX-FM
The information
contained in this Annual EEO Report covers the time period from February
1, 2009 to, and including, January
31, 2010
This Annual EEO Report
contains the following information:
1. A list of all full-time vacancies
filled by the Station(s) during the Applicable Period.
2. For
each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the vacancy,
including
any such sources that have asked to receive information from the
station(s) about any
new job openings, which are separately identified;
3. The recruitment
source that referred the Hiree for each full-time vacancy filled during the Applicable
Period.
4. Data reflecting the total number of
persons interviewed for all full-time vacancies during
he Applicable Period and the total number of interviewees referred
by each recruitment
source utilized in connection with such vacancies; and
5. A list and brief description of the
community outreach activities, not directly related to the
opening of job positions, undertaken by the station(s) during the
Applicable Period.
The following sections
provide the required information, and summarize the station(s) EEO
efforts during the
Applicable Period. This Annual Report was placed in each station s public
inspection file on February
1, 2010 and posted on the stations website, in accordance with the
FCC s EEO 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 “Source that refereed Hiree” refer to the number of the full-time job
positions listed on Appendix 1.
For purposes of the
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 over the telephone or by e-mail.