EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO

Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM

EEO PUBLIC FILE –ANNUAL-REPORT [2019-2020]

Placed in the Public File and posted online on or before October 1, 2020

FCC rule 73.2080 requires this station to report the following information for all full-time employment vacancies.

There were no full-time job openings during the 2019-2020 license year and, therefore, no recruitments took place.

1. A list of all full-time vacancies filled by the station's employment unit during the preceding year, identified by job title.

2. For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations that specifically requested notification of job vacancies, which should be 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 preceding year.

4. Data reflecting the total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the preceding year and the total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source utilized in connection with such vacancies.

5. A list and brief description of initiatives undertaken to satisfy the requirement to complete four activities within a two-year period.

Section I- Recruitment

Full-Time Vacancies Filled During Past Year: 0 - There were no full-time job openings during the 2019-2020 license year and, therefore, no recruitments took place. Job Title: Date Filled: Recruitment / Referral Sources: List all recruitment sources used to seek candidates, clearly indicating which source(s) referred the person hired for the position, and which source(s) referred persons interviewed for the position. Use the attached list of recruitment source. Total Applicants: Total Interviewed: Of those interviewed for the position, note the sources of recruitment. Source: Hired?

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EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO

Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM Washington KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM Idaho

Section II-EEO Full Time Position Recruitment List

Although we had no recruitments this year, we are reproducing our list of recruitment sources.

The Spokesman Review Print Ads and on-line postings Pacific Islanders in Communications Spokane and North Idaho Editions 1221 Kapiolani Boulevard, Ste 6A-4 999 West Riverside Avenue Honolulu, HI 96814 Spokane WA 99201 [email protected] (509) 459-5124 American Women In Radio and Television, Inc. Spokane Public Radio: 8405 Greensboro Dr., Suite 800 Website Jobs/Volunteer Opportunities Page McLean, VA 22102 www.kpbx.org [email protected] http://spokanepublicradio.org/internships Stephanie Ingoldby Asian American Journalists Association (509) 328-5729 1182 Market St, Ste 320 Facebook - Multiple postings on social media San Francisco, CA 94102 https://www.facebook.com/spokanepublicradio PHONE: 415-346-2051 FAX: 415-346-6343 [email protected] AAPR Foundation - SCSEP Senior Community Service Employment Program 222 W Mission #118 Community Referrals and Resources: Spokane, WA 99201 (509)325-7712 Spokane Woman’s Club Karen Johnson Asst. Project Manager 1428 W 9th Ave Spokane, WA 99204 Association of Independents in Radio [email protected] 328 Flatbush Ave., #322 Brooklyn, NY 11238 East Central Community Center [email protected] 500 S. Stone Spokane, WA 99202 Corporation For Public [email protected] 401 Ninth Street, NW Washington DC 20004-2129 West Central Community Center [email protected] 1603 N. Belt Spokane, WA 99205 Black Lens News [email protected] [email protected] South West Spokane Community Center National Asian American Telecommunications 310 S Spruce St. Association Spokane, WA 99201 145 9th Street, Suite 350 [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94103 Spokane, WA 99207 [email protected] http://necca.myspokane.net/contact.php

Eastern Washington University Career Colville Tribes Services/Handshake 21 Colville St EWU Career Center Nespelem, WA 99155 Pence Union Building 332 (509) 634-2200 Cheney, WA 99004 Brian Nissen, HR Director 509-634-2286 509-359-6365 [email protected] [email protected] 2

EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

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Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM Washington KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM Idaho Spokane Community College Spokane Institute for Extended Learning Career Services Bldg. 6, Lair Student Center 2917 West Fort George Wright Drive 1810 North Greene Street Spokane, WA 99224-5202 Spokane, WA 99217 509-279-6000, 509-533-8400 509-533-7000 Valerie Smith Senatore, PhD, provost Kyla Bates, Program Coordinator [email protected] **Spokane Community College https://ccs.spokane.edu

Spokane Falls Community College Gonzaga University/Handshake 3410 W Fort George Wright Drive GAMP Career Center Spokane, WA 99224 502 E Boone Ave 1-888-509-7944 Spokane, WA 99258 Career & Transfer Services Kevin Pratt, GAMP* Director Nicolas Burnham, Program Coordinator 509-313-4086 [email protected] [email protected] *GAMP (Gonzaga Career Center)

Washington State University YWCA Opportunity Center Lighty Student Services Bldg. 160-180 930 N Monroe St Academic Success and Career Center Spokane, WA 99201 PO Box 641061 509-326-1190 Pullman, WA 99164-1061 [email protected]

Section III – Outreach Initiatives

Based on the federal definition of full time of 30 hours a week or more Spokane Public Radio has 10 full time employees. Under the FCC’s EEO rules, it is responsible for engaging in at least four outreach activities in every two-year period. The activities listed here completed in 2019-2020, together with the activities scheduled for the 2020-2021 calendar year will comprise at least four activities which comply with the rules.

Category 4 - Workshops, Public Tours and Community Panel Participation

Community groups are encouraged to visit the station; visits in this cycle have included high school students, civic groups, community members, and college students interested in learning more about radio and technology. Staff members of SPR are also encouraged to participate in community-based discussion panels as opportunities arise.

November 1, 2019, Chief Engineer Jerry Olson aided three students from The Community School with a project in which they were to perform an energy audit on an historical building and follow up with recommendations for energy savings.

November 18-19, 2019*, Each day thirty students from The Community School toured the station. Broken up into small groups each group got an historical overview, a production overview and a tech-center overview. The tours lasted about 2-1/2 hours each day. The Community Schools’ follow up assignment was to build crystal radios and, as a team working with us, develop an app that might be useful for radio operations. *Typo correction: The original document posted incorrectly stated 2020.

November 20, 2019, Ten students and staff from Eastern Washington University’s Career Services toured the station with GM Cary Boyce, followed by a Q&A with GM Cary Boyce and Program Production Director Chris 3

EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO

Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM Washington KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM Idaho Maccini. Volunteer and internship information was also presented.

December 4, 2019, SPR’s Annual Winter Open House, over 100 community members visited with station staff, discussed volunteer and internship opportunities, and toured the historic fire station, including broadcast studios.

January 21, 2020, GM Cary Boyce toured 7 members of Leadership Spokane. The group, comprised of future business leaders in the area, took a station tour and talked about the history of the station and community engagement.

January 22, 2020, SPR’s 40th Anniversary Open House, over 250 community members visited with station staff, discussed volunteer and internship opportunities, and toured the historic fire station, including broadcast studios allowing time for Q&A’s with station announcers.

Category 5 - Internship Program

We train and recruit interns from area high schools and universities, from within our volunteer program and from the community at large. Interns during this period were limited due to COVID-19 precautions, but we did have one student intern during this period:

May 2020– August 2020: Eastman School of Music Graduate Student Intern, this student’s primary job was repairing the damaged Solo CD Library, but this student also received broadcasting and announcer training including interviewing experience and techniques. This student interned a total of 126 hours.

The overall supervision for the internships was provided by GM Cary Boyce from October 1, 2019 to Sept 30, 2020.

Category 11 – Community Events Providing Access to Local Students

SPR produces a family-oriented live concert series throughout the year, Free Kids’ Concerts, which it widely publicizes in effort to expose local children to a variety of types of music, the performing arts, and careers in broadcasting. Flyers are distributed in four local school districts on a quarterly basis, and we also distribute thousands of flyers through principals in area schools elementary, middle, and high schools, requesting that they send flyers home with students and place flyers on bulletin boards and community calendars in the schools. Internship, volunteer, and station information is regularly displayed and available at our live Free Kids’ Concerts and outreach events. Since the COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions were put in place we have moved these concerts to special on-air broadcasts and have found ways to distribute our flyers and enrichment activities digitally.

Category 12 - Job Vacancy Announcements to Groups with Significant Minority and Female Membership.

As job openings occur, the Spokane Public Radio Station Employment Unit provides job opening announcements to a number of national, regional, and local community groups and industry entities which have minority or female members. Because the demographics of our area include a relatively-small percentage of minority group members, Spokane Public Radio committed itself several years ago to notifying industry and professional organizations whose membership includes minority and female members about all upper-level and professional job vacancies, as 4

EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO

Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM Washington KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM Idaho well as posting such information on the career web site/bulletin boards of those organizations which provide such a service. In addition to posting on the extensive job site of the Corporation for , which all candidates for public radio jobs, including minority group members and women, are likely to consult; Spokane Public Radio sends notification to the following entities. These entities, along with our community referrals, are present on page 2 with address and contact information.

National Asian American Telecommunications Association

Pacific Islanders in Communications

American Women in Radio and Television, Inc.

Asian American Journalists Association

Association of Independents in Radio

Category 16 – Volunteer Program

Spokane Public Radio has an active volunteer program, recruiting volunteers from the local community on an on- going basis. The volunteer program, together with the hands-on training that volunteers receive, provides a diverse and talented pool of applicants from the local community when job openings arise at the station. A volunteer recruitment page is a prominent part of the Spokane Public Radio web site. Volunteer forms are also available at station events. Additionally Volunteer Manager, Stephanie Ingoldby and on-air staff attended various service- learning and volunteer fairs throughout the year.

Data Entry and Business Support Community Volunteers (4), October 2019-March 2020 (currently paused due to Covid-19): Under the supervision of Membership Manager, Beth Severn-Johnson, these volunteers’ primary responsibilities include data entry throughout the year and other special projects as assigned. These volunteers spend between 5 to 20 hours per week depending on needs of the department.

Event Support Community Volunteers (3), October 2019-March 2020 (currently paused due to Covid-19): These volunteers act in support of event staff, primarily the Events Director Kathy Sackett and the Events Coordinator/Volunteer Manager Stephanie Ingoldby. Duties include: event data management, duties at events, and assistance at the station for live events, such as MusicFest Northwest and The Fall Folk Festival Live Broadcast. These volunteers spend generally 2-3 hours a week most weeks and as many as 15 hours a week the week of an event.

Record Sale Community Volunteers (4), November 2019 through February 2020: These volunteers were the primary sorters and organizers of the donations for the annual sale, supervised directly by Events Coordinator/Volunteer Manager Stephanie Ingoldby. One community volunteer also co-hosted an on-air showcase of rare recordings available at the sale. These four community volunteers spent an average 15-20 hours a week in the months leading up to the event.

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EEO Public File Report, October 2019-September 2020

SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO

Licensee of KPBX- FM, KSFC FM, KPBZ FM, KTWP FM, KOMQ FM, KPBG FM, KPBW FM Washington KIBX FM, KXJO FM, KLGG FM Idaho

Librarian, Community Volunteer (1) October 2019-Current: Supervised by Program Director Verne Windham, the librarians’ duties included sorting, organizing, and maintaining the SPR classical music library, as well as maintaining the related database. This volunteer also assisted in routine archiving duties. This community volunteer generally spends 5 hours a week in this position.

Programming Support Community Volunteer (1), October 2019-March 2020 (currently paused due to Covid-19): This recent college graduate is supervised by Program Production Director Chris Maccini. She records, produces and edits book readings for The Bookshelf program. She spends an average of 3-5 hours a week.

Programming Support Community Volunteer (1), October 2019-March 2020 (currently paused due to Covid-19): This retired teacher is supervised by Music Director Verne Windham. He records, produces and edits book readings for The Bookshelf program. He spends an average of 3-5 hours a week.

Community Producers, October 2019 through current: Spokane Public Radio has twelve (12) Community Producers who create locally produced, original, program content for broadcast on both KPBX and KSFC. While each show is unique to the community producer/host(s) all shows are designed to entertain and engage our listening audience, exposing them to music, arts, and culture. Community Producers create, research, record, and produce shows ranging from the exploration of the roots of early pop and rock on Johnson’s Improbable History of Pop to a broad array of movie reviews on Movies 101.

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