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ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Midwest Communications, Inc.
WTAQ-AM/FM, WIXX-FM, WGEE-FM, WDKF-FM, WYDR-FM, WNCY-FM, WNFL-AM
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 Midwest Communications Inc.’s Northeast Wisconsin Employment Unit (“SEU”). This SEU is comprised of the following stations: WTAQ-AM, WIXX- FM and WNFL-AM licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, WGEE-FM licensed to New London, Wisconsin, WDKF-FM licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, WYDR-FM and WNCY-FM licensed to Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin and WTAQ-FM licensed to Glenmore, Wisconsin. This report has been placed in the public inspection files of these stations and posted on their websites, if they have websites, prior to August 1, 2021.
The information contained in this Report covers the time period beginning August 1, 2020 to and including July 31, 2021 (the “Applicable Period”).
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 Station(s) comprising the SEU during the Applicable Period.
2. For each such vacancy, the recruitment source(s) utilized to fill the vacancy (including, if applicable, organizations entitled to notification pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(1)(ii) of the EEO rule), identified by name, address, contact person and telephone number.
3. The recruitment source that referred the hire 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 undertaken pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(2) of the FCC rules.
Appendices 1and 2 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 the full-time job positions listed on Appendix 1.
For purposes of this Report, a vacancy was deemed “filled” not when the offer was extended but when the hire actually began working. A person was deemed “interviewed” whether he or she was interviewed in person, over the telephone or by e-mail.
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APPENDIX 1
Annual EEO Public File Report Midwest Communications, Inc. – Northeast Wisconsin Covering the Period from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021
Stations Comprising Station Employment Unit: WTAQ-AM/FM, WIXX-FM, WGEE-FM, WDKF-FM, WYDR-FM, WNCY-FM, WNFL-AM
Vacancy Information
Full-time Positions Total # Recruitment Recruitment Filled by Job Title DOE Interviewed Source of Hire Sources Utilized
Marketing Consultant 6/01/21 4 Inside Referral 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9-26, 31, 46, 90, 91, 92, 113
Marketing Consultant 10/12/20 9 LinkedIn 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9-26, 31, Marketing Consultant 9/21/20 Midwest Careers 46, 90, 91, 92, 114
Total Number of Positions Filled During Applicable Period: 3 Total Number of Persons Interviewed During Applicable Period: 13
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APPENDIX 1 (Con’t.)
Recruitment Sources: Method of # Interviews Radio Announcements Contact Address Contact: From Source 1. WIXX/WNCY/WGEE/WYDR WDKF/WNFL/WTAQ AM/FM David Louis 1420 Bellevue Street., Green Bay, WI 54311 920-435-3771
Internet Sites: 2. All Access 18955 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, CA 90265 [email protected] 3. LinkedIn David Frankel 1000 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 linkedin.com 2 4. Radio Online 3500 Tripp Avenue, Amarillo, TX 79121-1637 rdioonline.com 5. Career Page 2333 Wisconsin St. NE Albuquerque NM 87110 careerpage.org 6. Indeed Christine Russell 6433 Champion Grandview Way, Austin, TX 78750 indeed.com 5 7. Glassdoor Matt DiFrancesca 1000 Shoreline Hwy, Mid Valley, CA 94941 glassdoor.com 8. AM/FM Jobs PO Box 4116, San Francisco, CA 92052 amfmjobs.com
Postings: 9. WNCY/WIXX/WDKF WTAQ AM-FM/WNFL Office Mgr. 1420 Bellevue St., Green Bay, WI 54311 [email protected] 10. WGEE/WYDR Admin. Asst. 1500 Casaloma Drive, Appleton, WI 54911 [email protected] 11. WHBL/WHBZ/WBFM/WXER Admin. Asst. 2100 Washington Ave.,, Sheboygan, WI 53081 [email protected] 12. WTOU/WQLR Office Mgr. 4200 West Main Street., Kalamazoo, MI 49002 [email protected] WKZO AM/WZOX-FM/WVFM “ 13. WTVB Office Mgr. 182 N. Angola Road, Coldwater, MI 49036 [email protected] 14. WNWN/WFAT Office Mgr. 25 W. Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, MI 49017 [email protected] 15. WHTC-AM/WYVN-FM Office Mgr. 87 Central Avenue, Holland, MI 49423 [email protected] 16. KDAL/KTCO/KDKE KQDS/WDSM/WDUL Office Mgr. 11 E. Superior/Ste. 380,, Duluth, MN 55811 [email protected] 17. WIFC/WDEZ/WSAU/ WOZZ/WRIG Admin. Asst. 557 Scott Street, Wausau, WI 54403 [email protected] 18. WUSZ, WMFG-AM, WDKE WEVE, WNMT, WTBX, KQDS Admin. Asst. 807 West 37th St., Hibbing, MN 55746 [email protected] 19. WMGI/WIBQ/WBOW Office Mgr. 824 3rd Street, Terre Haute, IN47807 [email protected] WTHI/WWVR 20. WQTX/WWDK/WLMI/WJXQ Office Mgr. 2495 Cedar Street, Holt, MI 48842 [email protected] 21. KELO, KELQ, KRRO, Admin. Asst. . 500 S. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 [email protected] KWSN, KTWB, KQSF 22. KFGO, KRWK, KVOX Business Mgr. 1020 S. 25th Street, Fargo, ND 58102 [email protected] KOYY, KNFL 23. WJXA/WCJK, WNFN Business Mgr. 504 Rosedale Ave. Nashville, TN 37211 [email protected] 24. WIMZ/WJXB/WDKW/WNFZ Business Mgr. 1100 Sharps Ridge Memorial Park Drive, [email protected] Knoxville, TN 37917 25. WIKY/WABX/WSTO/WLFW Business Mgr. 1162 Mt. Auburn Road, Evansville, IN 47720 [email protected] 26. WMBD/WSWT/WXCL/WKZF WPBG/WIRL Business Mgr. 331 Fulton Street, Peoria, IL 61602 [email protected]
WEBSITE Website Address
27 Indiana Career Connect www.indianacareerconnect.com 28. Indiana Univeristy/Kelly School Of Broadcasting https://www.indianacareerconnect.com 29. Edgewood College http://www.edgewood.edu/src/career 30. MAB Job Bank http://www.michmab.com/cgi-bin/dn_query.pl/JobBank/form_stationsubmit.html 31. Midwest Careers www.midwestcareers.com 4 32. MN UW System http://www.myconsortium.com/mcucsa/employer 33. Northwestern College https://vnwsp-csm.symplicity.com/employers/index.php 34. Radio Online www.radioonline.com 35. Rasmussen College/Wausau https://rasmussen.csm.symplicity.com 36. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale http://siuc.experience.com/emp/sblogin 37. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwardsville https://www.myinterfase.com/siue/employer
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38. Superior Chamber of Commerce [email protected] 39. Superior Job Service Center www.ci.superior.wi.us 40. Tech Connect http://www.wisconsintechconnect.com/EmployerLogin.asp 41. UW EC Alumni http://www.uwec.edu/career/alumnicareerlink/ 42. UW Marquette https://www.myinterfase.com/marquette/employer/ 43. UW Superior https://uwsuper-csm.symplicity.com/employers/index.php?cck=1&au=&ck= 44. UW Concordia https://www.myinterfase.com/concordia-wisconsin/employer 45. Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce http://www.wausauchamber.com/mx/hm.asp?id=jobs 46. WI Jobnet https://jobnet.wisconsin.gov/jobnetbusiness/ 47. WI Jobs for WI Grads http://www.myconsortium.com/wisconsin/employer/home.aspx 48. WIPCCC https://www.myconsortium.com/wipcccjobs/employer/
EMAIL E-Mail Address: 49. ACLU of Wisconsin [email protected] 50. Affirmative Action & Compliance (WI) [email protected] 51. AM/FM Jobs amfmjobs.com 52. Aurora University [email protected] 53. CASDA (Center Against Sexual & Domestic Abuse) [email protected] 54. Centro Hispano [email protected] 55. Citizen Action of Wisconsin [email protected] 56. Clarke College [email protected] 57. Columbia College [email protected] 58. Community Industries [email protected] 59. Dane County Jobs Program [email protected] 60. DeVry Institute Career Services [email protected] 61. Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (TH) [email protected] 62. Duluth Business Univ. [email protected] 63. Eastern Illinois University [email protected] 64. Goods Entertainment [email protected] 65. Golden House of Green Bay [email protected] 66. Harbor House of Appleton [email protected] 67. Hibbing Community College [email protected] 68. Hmong Mutual Assoc. (Sheboygan) [email protected] 69. IL Broadcast Association [email protected] 70. Indiana Student Assoc. [email protected] 71. ITT Technical School (Green Bay) [email protected] 72. Iowa Central College of Broadcasting [email protected] 73. Keller Graduate School of DeVry Univ. [email protected] 74. LaCrosse Area Hmong Assoc. [email protected] 75. Lighthouse Mission (Terre Haute) [email protected] 76. Menominee Indian Tribal Counsel [email protected] 77. MN Broadcasters Assoc. [email protected] 78. Multicultural Center of Green Bay [email protected] 79. Multicultural Student Center – Madison [email protected] 80. ND Broadcasters Assoc. [email protected] 81. NE WI Action Program (NEWCAP) [email protected] 82. NE WI African-American Assoc. [email protected] 83. Neighbor's Place [email protected] 84. NTS Media Online [email protected] 85. Ohio/Illinois Center for Broadcasting [email protected] 86. SD Broadcasters Assoc. [email protected] 87. UMOS (Corp. Headquarters-Milwaukee) [email protected] 88. Univ of MN--Duluth [email protected] 89. UW Ottawa [email protected] 90. WI Broadcasters Association [email protected] 91. Wisconsin Job Network [email protected] 92. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development [email protected] 93. Women's Center [email protected] 94. Women’s Community Shelter [email protected] 112. Women’s Resource Center (all centers) [email protected]
113. Inside Referral 1 114. Outside Referral 1
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APPENDIX 2
Annual EEO Public File Report
Midwest Communications, Inc. – Northeast Wisconsin
Covering the Period from August 1, 2020 through July 31, 2021
Stations Comprising Station Employment Unit:
WTAQ-AM/FM, WIXX-FM, WGEE-FM, WDKF-FM, WYDR-FM, WNCY-FM, WNFL-AM
Supplemental (Non-Vacancy Specific) Recruitment Activities Undertaken by Station Employment Unit during the Report Time Period:
Outreach: Website Posting www.midwestcareers.com www.wtaq.com www.wixx.com www.943jackfm.com (WYDR) www.wncy.com www.wnflsports.com www.dukefm.com (WGEE/WDKF)
Date: January 1, 2003 to present Participating Employees: D.E. (Duke) Wright – Market Manager
Event Sponsor: Midwest Communications, Inc.
Description of Activity: Midwest Communications, Inc. has a general announcement posted on its websites encouraging people to apply for open positions and to encourage organizations who can refer job seekers to contact us.
Outreach Activity: Virtual Career Fair
Date: June 7-11, 2021
Participating Employees: Esther Gillis, VP/Human Resources
Event Sponsor: Wisconsin Broadcasters Assoc.
Description of Activity: Ms. Gillis entered all open WI positions on CareerPage.com. They included Country Radio Host, Digital Campaign Administrator, Digital Sales Manager, SEM/PPC Specialist and WIXX Advertising Sales. We
MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Affiliates promoted this Job Fair on all of our Wisconsin licensed radio stations. Resumes received as a result of this Career Fair were distributed to the appropriate hiring managers.
Outreach Activity: Speaking Engagement (Virtual)
Date: May 13, 2021
Participating Employees: Murphy in the Morning Show (Murphy, Katie and Nick)
Event Sponsor: Beaumont Elementary School – Green Bay WIXX Radio & Midwest Communications, Inc.
Description of Activity: Murphy, Katie and Nick read a book to the 3rd grade classes at Beaumont Elementary School via Zoom. They talked about the importance of reading and took questions from the students regarding their job, what they do each day, how long they work and what they liked about their jobs. A good discussion followed on the various platforms available to listen to radio. They invited the kids in to do a tour as soon as they were able to do so.
Outreach Activity: School Career Day (Virtual)
Date: May 6, 2021
Participating Employees: “Shotgun” Randy Shannon, Morning Show Announcer, WNCY
Event Sponsor: MacArthur Elementary School.
Description of Activity: A 5th grade teacher from MacArthur asked Shotgun to talk to his students about what they do in radio, how they got started, etc. Shotgun handled this virtually. He was not only able to talk about what he does, how he got to where he is, he shared the studio with the students, talked about what education path they might want to follow and about some of the technology we use as well as career opportunities in radio. Their teacher reported that the kids thoroughly enjoyed this virtual tour. Shotgun said they asked really intelligent questions.
Outreach Activity: Webinar
Date: March 24, 2021
Participating Employees: Esther Gillis, VP/Human Resources Peter Tanz, Senior Vice President Jason Hillery, Operations Manager, Brand Manager
MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Affiliates Shelly Lukasik, Director of Sales – WIXX, WTAQ, WNFL Craig Van Abel, Director of Sales – WNCY, WYDR, WGEE
Event Sponsor: Wisconsin Broadcasters Assoc.
Description of Activity: This webinar entitled “Staying on Top of Your Broadcast FCC EEO Obligations” was given by David Oxenford of the Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer law firm The purpose of the training was to reiterate station FCC EEO obligations. To remind and show stations how to still engage in wide dissemination of information about job openings and engage in specified outreach activities designed to educate their communities about broadcast employment. Suggestions were shared on how to train employees for advancement in their broadcast careers, even though stations may have no job openings due to the pandemic.
Outreach Activity: Appearance (Virtual)
Date: March 4, 2021
Participating Employees: Shotgun Randy Shannon, Morning Show Announcer, WNCY Charli McKenzie, Morning Show Announcer, WNCY
Event Sponsor: Clintonville Elementary School
Description of Activity: Charli and Shotgun were invited to read by the teacher of the 3rd grade class as part of “Read Across America” week. Due to the pandemic, this was done virtually. After reading two books to the class, they answered questions about their jobs and about all the different jobs in radio. The kids seemed to enjoy it and asked good questions.
Outreach Activity: Appearance (Virtual)
Date: April 1, 2021
Participating Employees: Shotgun Randy Shannon, Annuncer, WNCY Charli McKenzie, Announcer, WNCY
Event Sponsor: Chilton High School
Description of Activity: Shotgun and Charli were asked to speak to the 10th grade class at Chilton High School who were involved in a project researching and writing about whether song lyrics were poetry. They talked with the students virtually about what radio broadcasting involves and career opportunities in broadcasting. This was followed with an in-depth discussion about the jobs they do and whether song lyrics can be considered poetry.
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Outreach Activity: Virtual Job Fair
Date: March 1-5, 2021
Participating Employees: Esther Gillis, VP/Human Resources
Event Sponsor: Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Description of Activity: Ms. Gillis entered all open WI positions on CareerPage.com. They included Green Bay based Digital Campaign Administrator, Digital Sales Manager, SEM/PPC Specialist, and WNCY Marketing Consultant positions. Also posted were Wausau, WI based WDEZ Brand Manager and Marketing Operations Assistant positions. This Job Fair was promoted on all of our Wisconsin licensed radio stations. Resumes received as a result of this Career Fair were distributed to the appropriate hiring managers.
Outreach Activity: Video Appearance
Date: January 27, 2021
Participating Employees: Nick Vitrano, Morning Show Announcer, WIXX
Event Sponsor: Pioneer Elementary School – Ashwaubenon, WI
Description of Activity: Nick recorded a video career day presentation for elementary school students. He spoke of his education and his personal path to his current job with WIXX. He also covered a typical day in his job, what he likes and dislikes and the many ways that people can be involved in radio that were not possible just a few years ago including the many jobs and new ways to be involved in the total radio product with the advent and advancement of the natural marriage between radio and the internet/social media. Since Nick has done Career Days at the school previously and because given this method students were not able to ask questions, Nick attempted to anticipate the questions based on those prior experiences and address those questions.
Outreach Activity: EEO Team Member Training Meeting
Date: May 5, 2021
Participating Employees: Green Bay/Appleton, WI Programming, Administration Team Members
Event Sponsor: Midwest Communications, Inc.
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Description of Activity: Peter Tanz, Midwest Communications, Inc. Senior Vice President led a formal presentation detailing stion personnel EEO compliance obligations. The meeting included discussion of additional ways station personnel could and should help create and execute EEO opportunities both in station and in the community. Team members participating included Josh Blau, Corey Carter, Travis Cleven, Hannah Damas, Jason Hillery, Jim Murphy, Katie Marx, Randy Shannon, Dan Stone and Nick Vitrano.
Outreach Activity: Internships
Date: June, 2020 – August, 2020 June 2021 – August 2021
Participating Employees: All Departments
Event Sponsor: Midwest Communications, Inc.
Description of Event: While internships looked somewhat different from years past, we had an excellent group of interns in the summer of 2020 who were able to spend time in all departments learning about how radio works, and, as usual, were able to spend more time in their specific areas of interest. All CDC guidelines were adhered to.
The summer of 2021 interns, again following current CDC guidelines, were able to attend events and remotes to observe activities that are an integral part of radio in addition to the in-house time spent in all departments learning how the various departments interact to make radio successful. Midwest Communications has a very structured Internship Program in their NE Wisconsin location involving students at the college level or entering college.
If the students participating in our internship program have a specific area of interest in radio, more time may be spent on the intricacies of that department. However, our structured internship program requires that students spend some time in every department so they have a good sense of the overall operations of a radio station. Interns are usually interested specifically in marketing, digital and in becoming announcers (both regular on-air shifts as well as news and sports).