Report prepared and filed by David L. Kline – WEEU Radio
3/31/08
WEEU Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WEEU Radio
34 North Fourth Street
Reading , PA 19601
Employment Report for 2007-2008
Job Referral Organizations
WEEU is looking for organizations that regularly distribute
information about employment opportunities to job applicants or
which have job applicants to refer. If your organization would like
to receive notification of job vacancies at our station, please
notify: Dave Kline at 34 North Fourth Street , Reading , PA ,
dkline@weeu.com, (610) 376-7335, Extension 112. WEEU is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
Job Opportunities
The station is not currently seeking to fill any full-time jobs.
Resumes for file can always be mailed to:
WEEU Radio
c/o Resume File
34 North Fourth Street
Reading , PA. 19601
No phone calls please.
WEEU RADIO: Equal Employment Opportunity Annual Report:
4/1/07 through 3/31/08
The purpose of this EEO Public File Report ("Report") is to
comply with Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the FCC’s 2002 EEO
rule. This report has been prepared on behalf of the Station
Employment Unit that is comprised of the following station:
WEEU (AM) Reading , Pennsylvania
The information contained in this Report covers the time
period beginning April 1, 2007 to and including March 31,
2008 The FCC’s 2002 EEO Rule requires that this report
contain the following information:
1.
A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the Stations
comprising the Station Employment Unit during the applicable
period;
2.
For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to
fill the vacancy.
3.
The recruitment source that referred the hires for each
full-time vacancy during the applicable period;
4.
Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for
full-time vacancies during the 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 initiatives undertake
pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(2) of the FCC rules.
WEEU Broadcasting Company, Inc. the licensee of WEEU
(AM), has been and will continue to be an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer. WEEU is committed to broad and
inclusive outreach for hiring full-time employees, affording
equal opportunity to all qualified persons and refraining
from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national
origin, gender and religion. As required by Section 73.2080
of the Commission’s Rules, when the station is in a hiring
mode for full time positions, it will participate in several
different recruitment activities to ensure broad outreach.
Part One: Full Time Hires
1. No full time hires between 4/1/07 and 3/31/08.
Part Two: Interviews for Full Time Positions
1. No interviews for full time positions were conducted between
4/1/07 and 3/31/08.
Part Three: Supplemental E.E.O. Initiatives
SUPPLEMENTAL INITIATIVES
WEEU participated in 7 different supplemental initiatives during the
period, plus put 1 college student through our internship program,
plus awarded one cash scholarship to a student involved with radio
broadcasting at the station, plus worked with about 30 students on a
regular basis, providing hands-on broadcast experience by means of
our weekly WEEU Radio Voices talk-radio program. (See below for
further details on all topics and initiatives.)
5/10/07 – Jo Painter worked one on one with a high school
student from Wilson High School who shadowed Jo throughout her
entire shift from 3 to 5pm. The student was interested in a
career in broadcasting and wanted to get some first-hand
knowledge as to what it is like to work in the business.
10/17/07 - Jo Painter worked one on one with a college student
from Syracuse University who shadowed her during Jo’s entire
shift from 3 to 5pm. This helped the student gather facts
regarding a career in broadcasting.
1/7/08 –
Charlie Adams worked one on one with a senior high school
student from Schuylkill Valley High School to help the student
gather facts regarding a career in broadcasting for a senior
presentation.
1/24/08 – Jo
Painter worked one on one with a high school student from Twin
Valley High School who was interested in a career in
broadcasting. The student shadowed Jo throughout her entire
broadcast shift from 3 to 5PM.
1/30/08 –
Charlie Adams presented a media/radio/WEEU career presentation
to 25 students at Penn State University, Berks Campus.
3/5/08 –
Charlie Adams worked one on one with a student from Schuylkill
Valley High School who was interested in a radio broadcasting
career. The student shadowed Charlie throughout his broadcast
shift from 6 to 9AM.
3/12/08 – Jo
Painter conducted three career-fair sessions at Penn State
University, Berks Campus, for media students from regional high
schools who were interested in radio broadcast careers. Each
class had 4 students, for a total of 12 students.
INTERNSHIPS
WEEU works with
college interns in the fall and winter semesters. The interns have
an opportunity to learn skills in a variety of radio positions from
news-writing to promotions, sales and production. The intern is
typically in his or her senior year of college. WEEU will work with
the intern to help them meet the requirements necessary to get
credits for the internship for the college if it offers such a
program. The internship usually requires approximately 30 hours a
week. WEEU also offers ‘shadow’ opportunities to students who seek
them for school projects or career programs. These are typically
one day experiences shadowing a professional at the radio station.
These are unpaid internships.
During this period WEEU directed 1 college student through our
internship program. A female intern from Albright College, Reading,
Pennsylvania, worked at WEEU Radio from mid-September/Fall, 2007,
thru mid-December of 2007. The intern learned all aspects of on-air
work including news, board operation, commercial production, show
hosting, and show production.
TRAINING PROGRAMS
During the time period of this report, (52 weeks), WEEU continued
working with students from various regional high schools, providing
them with a hands-on opportunity to participate in all aspects of
the actual live talk-radio broadcast of a weekly show for and about
teens. Known as “RADIO VOICES” this weekly, one-hour
talk-radio show involves students with every aspect of the show
including pre-production, selection of topics, board operation,
panelist duties, interaction with listeners/callers, and follow
through. The opportunity provides a realistic training opportunity,
allowing students to consider whether or not a career in this field
might be something they want to pursue beyond high school.
(30 students)
SCHOLARSHIPS
In March of 2008 WEEU offered and awarded a $250.00 cash
scholarship. The scholarship is available to one of the students who
regularly participated in WEEU ’s weekly ‘RADIO VOICES’
talk-radio program for teens during the previous year. By their
involvement with the radio show and a through a review process with
the show’s one adult host who administers the program, as well as
the one overall VOICES radio and print adult administrator,
candidates had to demonstrate a desire to pursue a career in
broadcasting or communications, and needed to have had a solid
record of enthusiastic participation on WEEU’s Radio Voice Teen
Panel Talk Show.
dlk: 3/31/08
Narrative Statement
A
review of WEEU’s outreach initiatives will demonstrate a firm
commitment to interaction with the community in ways that include
mentoring students, participating in job fairs, conducting broadcast
learning seminars, offering internships and scholarships, and
producing a weekly teen radio talk show for students from all school
districts in the community.
WEEU is very pleased with the results of our weekly teen talk radio
program, RADIO VOICES, as this effort has given the students
actual hands-on experience with all aspects of producing and
participating in a weekly radio talk show. As an added bonus, the
show is popular with teen and adult callers, and as such, it gives
the students an opportunity to think on their feet as they field
calls that generally center on a topic of the week. There is
generally a panel of three to four teens on the show each week.
Most participants are juniors and seniors in high school.
This sort of effort on the part of WEEU and its employees provides
broad outreach and realistic opportunities to persons in the
community who may be interested in a broadcasting career.
List of Employment Service and Announcement Options
Berks County Employment & Training Office
County Services Building, 15th Floor
633 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Attention: Karen Dietrich-Schwartz
Berks County Job Center
625 Cherry Street
Reading, PA 19602
Attn: Job Placement Coordinator
Department of Labor & Industry
Office of Affirmative Action
Room 1415
Labor & Industry Building
7th & Forester Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Attn: Ms. Stella Spells
Reading Berks Human Relations Council
602 Court Street
Reading, PA 19601
Attention: Job Placement Coordinator
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
P. O. Box 92544
Atlanta, GA 30314
Attention: Mr. Joseph Lowery
Reading Eagle Newspaper, Reading, PA
El Hispano Newspaper, Reading, PA
WEEU Radio, Reading, PA
Local, regional and national employment agencies and trade
publications, as needed for specific job placement.
34 North Fourth Street, Reading, PA 19601
Phone: 610-376-7335 Fax: 610-376-7756
E-mail: weeu@weeu.com
