EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

 

This Report covers full-time vacancy recruitment data for the period June 1, 2007– May 31, 2008.

 

1) Employment Unit: Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

 

2) Unit Member (Station and Communitiy of License):

WCFX  (FM), Clare, Michigan

 

3) EEO Contact Information for Employment Unit:

 

Mailing Address:  Grenax Broadcasting, 5847 Venture Way, Mt. Pleasant, MI  48858

Telephone Number: 989-772-4173

Contact Person/Title: James Spangenberg, General Manager

E-mail Address: jim.Spangenberg@wcfx.com

 

4) List all Full-Time Job Vacancies Filled by Station in the Employment Unit:

 

           Job Title                                    Recruitment Source Referring Hiree

 

1. Marketing Consultant                                    Employee Referral

2. Production Director/Air Personality   Specs Howard School of Broadcasting Job Posting

 

 

5) Job Title: Marketing Consultant         Referral Source:  Employee Referral

 

(i) Name of Organization         Contact Person        Address                                    Phone                      # of Interviewees     Did Recruitment

Notified of Job Vacancy:                                                                                          Number                    Referred                   source request

notification?

 

Morning Sun Newspaper           Sherri Reiss              711 W. Pickard                        989-779-6117         7                                    No

                                                                                Mt. Pleasant, Mi 48858                                          

 

WCFX Website                        Kent Bergstrom       5847 Venture Way                   989-772-4173         4                                    No

                                                                                Mt. Pleasant, MI  48858

 

WCFX – On Air                       Jim Spangenberg       5847 Venture Way                   989 772-4173          4                                    No    

                                                                                Mount Pleasant, Mi 48858

 

WCFX  Broadcasting                                Jim Spangenberg       5847 Venture Way                   989 772-4173          6                                    No

Career Fair                                                               Mount Pleasant, MI 48858

 

Michigan Association               Carole White           819 N. Washington                  800 968-7622          0                                    No

Of Broadcasters Job Bank                                         Lansing, MI 48906

 

                                               

5) Job Title: Production Director / Air Personality   Referral Source:  Specs Howard School of            

                                                                                                                Broadcasting Bulletin Board

 

(i) Name of Organization         Contact Person        Address                                    Phone                      # of Interviewees     Did Recruitment

Notified of Job Vacancy:                                                                                          Number                    Referred                   source request

notification?

 

 

WCFX Website                        Kent Bergstrom       5847 Venture Way                   989-772-4173         0                                    No

                                                                                Mt. Pleasant, MI  48858

 

WCFX – On Air                       Kent Bergstrom       5847 Venture Way                   989 772-4173          0                                    No

                                                                                Mount Pleasant, MI 48858

Specs Howard School

Of Broadcasting Bulletin Board                Dick Kernen            1990 W. Nine Mile Road         248 358-9000          1                                    No

 

Michigan Association               Carole White           819 N. Washington                  800 968-7622          8                                    No

Of Broadcasters Job Bank                                         Lansing, MI 48906

 

 

6) Total # of Interviewees Referred: For the period from June 1, 2007 to May 31,2008, this Employment Unit interviewed 30 candidates for full-time job vacancies at WCFX.

 

7) Supplemental Recruitment Initiatives.

 

October 23, 2007 – General Manager Jim Spangenberg spoke to the Ferris State University Bulldog Radio Club about careers in broadcasting and advertising sales at WCFX and within the broadcasting industry at large.  A primary topic discussed was ways college students could gain experience and real world knowledge during college years to be better prepared for careers in broadcasting.

 

November 20, 2007 - Operations Manager Kent Bergstrom spoke to a communications class at Ferris State University regarding careers in the broadcasting industry

 

March 29, 2008 - Operations Manager Kent Bergstrom & General Manager Jim Spangenberg attended the Central Michigan University Career Fair to speak to CMU students about careers in radio

 

April 22, 2008 - Operations Manager spoke to two separate communications classes at Ferris State University regarding careers in the broadcasting industry

 

May 14, 2008 - Operations Manager Kent Bergstrom & General Manager Jim Spangenberg hosted the WCFX Broadcasting Career day at the Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Mt. Pleasant, speaking to potential broadcasters about careers in radio. This career fair was promoted on WCFX and in paid ads in the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun. Twenty-six people attended. 

 

Internship Program

Between June 1st 2007 and May 31st, 2008, WCFX offered 4 internships within the station’s departments. The interns attended and participated in staff meetings and promotional planning meetings. They assisted the station in the following areas to gain further knowledge of their career choice.

 

-         Implementation of promotions (i.e. scheduling, drafting proposals, contact with sales and on-air

-         departments, follow-up to promotion)

-         Coordination of on-air giveaways

-         Station event setup

-         Assist at station events and remotes

-         Wrote news briefs

-         Assisted sales staff with proposals and client presentations

-         Wrote advertising copy

-         Observed on-air staff during their shift