KCUR 89.3 FM Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report Required by the Federal Communications Commission October 1, 2013

Home , 2014 in radio

KCUR 89.3 FM Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report Required by the Federal Communications Commission October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014

The purpose of this EEO Public File Report (the Report) is to comply with Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the FCC’s EEO Rule. This Report has been prepared by KCUR 89.3 FM, Kansas City, MO, and is required to be placed in the public inspection files of this station and posted to its website.

The information contained in this Report covers the time period beginning October 1, 2013 to and including September 30, 2014 (the Applicable Period).

The FCC’s EEO Rule requires that this Report contain the following information:

1. A list of all full-time vacancies filled by KCUR during the Applicable Period; 2. For each such vacancy, the recruitment sources utilized to fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to notification pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(1)(ii) of the EEO Rule, which are separately identified) identified by name, address, contact person, and telephone number; 3. The recruitment source that referred the hiree 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 by each recruitment source utilized with such vacancies; and 5. A list and brief description of the initiatives undertaken pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(2) of the FCC rules.

Appendices 1, 2, and 3 that 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 “Full- Time Positions for which this Source Was Utilized” refer to the number of full-time positions listed in Appendix 1.

For purposes of this Report, a vacancy was deemed “filled” not when the offer was extended but when the hirer accepted the job offer.

Appendix 1: Vacancy Information

KCUR 89.3 FM Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014

Full -time Positions Filled by Job Title Date Date Position Number of Recruitment Source for Position Filled People Hiree Opened Interviewed

1 Announcer #27669 10/16/2013 12/2/2013 9 www.umkc.edu 2 Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 1/2/2014 4/1/2014 8 KCUR Community Advisory Board referral 3 Arts Reporter #28708 3/26/2014 8/4/2014 11 www.umkc.edu 4 Producer – Up To Date #28951 5/19/2014 9/1/2014 7 Employee 5 Chief Engineer #31289 12/26/2013 3/25/2014 4 Employee 6 General Assignment Reporter #32163 2/14/2014 5/5/2014 9 Other 7 Health Reporter #33777 10/16/2013 1/1/2014 7 Employee referral 8 Social Media Producer #58266 8/13/2013 10/21/2013 9 Social Media 9 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 8/13/2013 11/1/2013 11 Employee referral 10 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 12/18/2013 3/26/2014 12 www.kcur.org 11 Health Care Editor #60465 3/11/2014 4/28/2014 4 Advertisement 12 Education Reporter #60832 5/2/2014 8/11/2014 10 Other

Total number of persons interviewed during this period: 101

Appendix 2: Recruitment Source Information

KCUR 89.3 FM Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014

Recruitment S ource Total number of Full -time positions for which this source was interviewees this source utilized has provided during this period

1 Name of Source : KCUR website, 27669 – 3 Announcer #27669 Facebook page, and twitter account 28591 – 1 Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Briana O’Higgins 28708 – 2 Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Kansas City, MO 28951 - 2 Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: 816-235-1551 32163 – 2 Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: 58266 – 4 General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.kcur.org 58269 – 5 Health Reporter #33777 59945 - 1 Social Media Producer #58266 60832 – 2 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Total – 22 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 2 Name of Source : Corporation for Public 27669 – 2 Announcer #27669 Broadcasting - Job Line 28708 – 3 Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: 28951 - 1 Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Washington, DC 32163 – 2 Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: 202-879-9600 33777 – 3 Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: 59945 - 1 General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.cpb.org 60832 – 1 Health Reporter #33777 Total - 13 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 3 Name of Source : Missouri Broadcasters’ Announcer #27669 Association Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Victoria Sabatino and Arts Reporter #28708 Terry Harper Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Jefferson City, MO Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: 573-636-6692 General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] Health Reporter #33777 [email protected] Social Media Producer #58266 website: Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 4 Name of Source : The Public Radio Chief Engineer #31289 Technical Listserv Contact Person: Address: Phone: e-mail: website: www.pubtech.org 5 Name of Source : Society of Broadcast Chief Engineer #31289 Engineers Contact Person: Address: Indianapolis, IN Phone: e-mail: website: www.sbe.org 6 Name of Source : Association of Health Care Editor #60465 Healthcare Journalists Contact Person: Address: Columbia, MO Phone: e-mail: website: www.healthcarejournalism.org 7 Name of Source : Current magazine Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 e-mail: Health Care Editor #60465 website: www.current.org 8 Name of Source : University of Missouri – 27669 – 2 Announcer #27669 Kansas City 28591 – 5 Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Gaile Johnson, Human 28708 – 2 Arts Reporter #28708 Resources 28951 - 3 Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Kansas City, MO 33777 – 1 Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: 58266 – 2 General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] 58269 – 3 Health Reporter #33777 website: www.umkc.edu 59945 - 1 Social Media Producer #58266 Total - 19 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 9 Name of Source : UMKC Career Services Announcer #27669 Contact Person: Roslyn Powell Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Address: Kansas City, MO Arts Reporter #28708 Phone: Producer – Up To Date #28951 e-mail: [email protected] Chief Engineer #31289 website: www.career.umkc.edu General Assignment Reporter #32163 Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 10 Name of Source : University of Missouri 32163 - 1 Announcer #27669 Career Center Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: This is placed by Gaile Arts Reporter #28708 Johnson, UMKC Human Resources Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Columbia, MO Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: Health Reporter #33777 website: www.career.missouri.edu Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 11 Name of Source : KCUR Community 28591 - 1 Announcer #27669 Advisory Board Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Nico Leone, KCUR Arts Reporter #28708 General Manager Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Kansas City, MO Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] Health Reporter #33777 website: www.kcur.org Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 12 Name of Source : indeed (This website 27669 – 2 Announcer #27669 automatically picks up all job postings on 28951 - 1 Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 UMKC’s website) 31289 – 1 Arts Reporter #28708 Contact Person: 58266 – 2 Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: 59945 - 1 Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: 60832 – 2 General Assignment Reporter #32163 FAX: Total - 9 Health Reporter #33777 e-mail: Social Media Producer #58266 website: www.indeed.com Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 13 Name of Source : Excelsior Springs Job Producer – Up To Date #28951 Corps Center Education Reporter #60832 Contact Person: Maria Knebel Address: Excelsior Springs, MO Phone: e-mail: [email protected] website: 14 Name of Source : Dos Mundos Social Media Producer #58266 Contact Person: Lisa Lopez Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Address: Kansas City, MO Phone: 816-471-0550 FAX: 816-471-3064 e-mail: website: www.dosmundos.com 15 Name of Source : Hispanic Chamber of Announcer #27669 Commerce of Greater Kansas City Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Andre Dominguez and Arts Reporter #28708 Carlos Salazar Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Kansas City, KS Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] Health Reporter #33777 [email protected] Social Media Producer #58266 website: www.hccgkc.com Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 16 Name of Source : Urban League of 59945 - 1 Announcer #27669 Greater Kansas City Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Kansas City, MO Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: [email protected] General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.ulkc.org Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 17 Name of Source : Women’s Employment 59945 - 1 Announcer #27669 Network Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Kansas City, MO Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: [email protected] General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.kcwen.org Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 18 Name of Source : Full Employment Announcer #27669 Council KC Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Kansas City, MO Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: [email protected] General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.feckc.org Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 19 Name of Source : Latino Coalition KC Announcer #27669 Contact Person: Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Address: Arts Reporter #28708 Phone: Producer – Up To Date #28951 e-mail: [email protected] Chief Engineer #31289 website: General Assignment Reporter #32163 Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 20 Name of Source : Rose Brooks Announcer #27669 Contact Person: Arnetta Marshall Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Address: Kansas City, MO Arts Reporter #28708 Phone: Producer – Up To Date #28951 e-mail: [email protected] Chief Engineer #31289 website: www.rosebrooks.org General Assignment Reporter #32163 Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 21 Name of Source : Metropolitan Community Announcer #27669 College Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Mandy Moore Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Address: Kansas City, MO Arts Reporter #28708 Phone: Producer – Up To Date #28951 e-mail: [email protected] General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.mcckc.edu Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 22 Name of Source : University of Kansas Arts Reporter #28708 Contact Person: Producer – Up To Date #28951 Address: Lawrence, KS Chief Engineer #31289 Phone: General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] Health Reporter #33777 website: www.ku.edu Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 23 Name of Source : University of Central Announcer #27669 Missouri Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Warrensburg, MO Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: Chief Engineer #31289 e-mail: [email protected] General Assignment Reporter #32163 website: www.ucmo.edu Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 24 Name of Source : Pittsburg State Announcer #27669 University Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Contact Person: Arts Reporter #28708 Address: Pittsburg, KS Producer – Up To Date #28951 Phone: Chief Engineer #31289 FAX: General Assignment Reporter #32163 e-mail: [email protected] Health Reporter #33777 website: www.pittstate.edu Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 25 Name of Source : Kansas State University Announcer #27669 Contact Person: Business & Fiscal Operations Manager #28591 Address: Manhattan, KS Arts Reporter #28708 Phone: Producer – Up To Date #28951 e-mail: [email protected] Chief Engineer #31289 website: www.ksu.edu General Assignment Reporter #32163 Health Reporter #33777 Social Media Producer #58266 Community Engagement Reporter #58269 Talk Show Host – Central Standard #59945 Health Care Editor #60465 Education Reporter #60832 26 Employee 28591 – 1 28708 – 3 28951 - 1 31289 – 1 31263 – 2 33777 – 2 58269 – 3 59945 - 4 60465 – 1 60832 – 2 Total - 20 27 Other 28708 – 1 28951 - 1 31289 – 2 31263 – 2 33777 – 1 58266 – 1 59945 - 2 60465 – 3 60832 – 3 Total - 16

Appendix 3: Supplemental Activities

KCUR 89.3 FM Annual Equal Employment Opportunity Report October 1, 2013 – September 30, 2014

Activity: Intern Program (#5)

On-going training in public radio programming and news for students and other member of the community.

POSITION DATES SUPERVISOR RECRUITMENT SOURCE

Production Assistant Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 S. Steigman, Producer KCUR staff Production Assistant Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 M. Long-Middleton, Producer KCUR staff Production Assistant Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 S Gross, Producer KCUR staff Central Standard Intern Jan 2014 - May 2014 M. Long-Middleton, Producer UMKC Intern Service UMKC course taught by S. Up to Date research Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 S. Kraske, Host Kraske Healthcare Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 D. Margolies, Editor Not known Central Standard Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 M. Long-Middleton, Producer Not known Central Standard Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 S. Gross, Producer Not known Community Engagement Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 R. Jones, Director Former intern UMKC Communications Digital Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 B. O'Higgins, Digital Media Studies Committee D. Alexander, Assistant Up to Date Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 Producer Former intern News Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 M. Carter, News Director Not known Community Engagement Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 R. Jones, Director Employee S. Gross and M. Long- UMKC course taught by S. Central Standard Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 Middleton, Producers Kraske D. Alexander, Producer - Up Up to Date Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 To Date KCUR listener

Activity: Participation in at least four job fairs every two years by station personnel (#1)

• Staffed KCUR table at UMKC Career Expo, 10/2/2013. o Danie Alexander, Assistant Producer – Up To Date; Robin Cross, Chief of Broadcast Operations; and Laura Spencer, Arts Reporter • Staffed KCUR table at UMKC STEM Career Fair, 2/19/2014 o Robin Cross, Chief of Broadcast Operations; and Chris Prewitt, Information Technology Support

Activity: Training Program designed to enable station personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher-level positions. (#8)

• National Public Radio’s Digital Media Initiative funded by the Knight Foundation: o NPR’s team came to Kansas City and provided training to all KCUR employees, Oct 2013. o Alyson Raletz, Social Media, and Briana O’Higgins, Digital Media, attended a specialized NPR training, Feb 2014. o NPR’s team came to Kansas City and provided training to all KCPT employees. KCUR employees were invited and about 20 attended, Jun 2014. • Attended Morning Edition Graduate School, hosted by Public Radio Program Directors Association, 11/2/2013. o Laurie Arbore, Announcer; Maria Carter, News Director; Linda Sher, Announcer; Stephen Steigman, Producer – Up To Date; and Donna Vestal, Director of Content. • Attended annual conference of the Association of Healthcare Journalists, Feb 2014 o Alex Smith, Healthcare Reporter • Attended Public Media Business Association annual conference, May 2014. o Jeanne Rooney, Manager – Business & Fiscal Operations • Attended the NPR Education Fly-In, Jun 2014 o Elle Moxley, General Assignment Reporter; and Donna Vestal, Director - Content • Attended Public Radio News Directors conference, Jun 2014 o Attended Maria Carter, News Director; Sylvia Gross, Producer - Central Standard; and Donna Vestal, Director - Content • Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism workshop, Jun 2014. o Dan Margolies, Healthcare Editor; and Alex Smith, Healthcare Reporter • Attended Public Media Development & Marketing conference, Jul 2014. o Kathleen Connaghan-Gross, Membership Associate; Nico Leone, General Manager; Briana O’Higgins, Digital Media; and Deloris Phelps, Membership Officer • Attended the Station Resource Group annual meeting, Aug 2014 o Nico Leone, Aug 2014 • Attended Public Radio Program Directors conference and board meeting, Sep 2014. o Bill Anderson, Director - Programming • Attended Families USA National Health Policy Journalist Training for Communities of Color, Sep 2014 o Alex Smith, Healthcare Reporter • Pursuing a Masters of Public Administration through the UMKC Bloch School of Management, starting Sep 2014 o Stephen Steigman, Chief of Broadcast Operations

Activity: Other activities designed to disseminate information about employment opportunities. (#16)

• Presented to 6 th graders at Center Middle School. Showed individuals bios; described public media and our jobs; answered questions; and read to them, 11/22/2013. o Kevin Alexander, Volunteer Manager; Maria Carter, News Director; Dan Verbeck, General Assignment Reporter; Renee Blanche, Host – Night Tides; and Laura Ziegler, Community Engagement Reporter • Hosted Reporting L.I.V.E., a program the exposes northwest Missouri students to careers in journalism. Described public media and our jobs; led a discussion; and gave a tour of KCUR. o Ron Jones, Director – Community Engagement; and Alyson Raletz, Social Media • Presented at Career Day at Argentine Middle School, 3/5/2014. o Renee Blanche, Host – Night Tides • Led tour of KCUR for Cub Scout Pack 3269 from Oak Park Carpenter School, May 2014. o Chris Prewitt, Information Technology Support • Taught at the Poynter Institute’s Common Core workshop, Jun 2014 o Elle Moxley, General Assignment Reporter • Teaching credit course for UMKC, Political Communications and Journalism. All semesters, 2013-2014. Led the students on tours of KCUR; introduced them to others in media; and recommended students for internships. o Steve Kraske, Host – Up To Date • Teaching credit course for UMKC, Radio Production. Fall 2014. Led the students on a tour of KCUR. o Maria Carter, News Director o Spoke to students during tour: Laurie Arbore, Announcer; Linda Sher, Announcer; Stephen Steigman, Chief of Broadcast Operations • Teaching credit course for UMKC Theatre Department. Fall 2014. o Danny Baker, Director - Development