EEO Public File Report Television Broadcasting, LLC WBRZ-TV/KBTR-CA, Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 2014

EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

WBRZ-TV/KBTR-CA January 29, 2013 through January 30, 2014 (Note: 12-month period determined by FCC license renewal filing date and not on calendar basis)

RECRUITMENT SOURCES USED FOR FULL-TIME VACANCIES Sources with an asterisk (*) denote organizations that requested notification of full-time job vacancies.

Appendix A includes a list of recruitment sources which includes business name, contact name, email address, telephone and fax number, and address. In an on-going effort to keep this list current for the purpose of diversity, other local television station’s yearly recruitment sources list is reviewed. Any organizations they may list that may be unknown to this station’s human resources office are researched for the purpose of being added to our contact list.

FULL-TIME POSITIONS FILLED; RECRUITMENT SOURCES USED (#’s in parenthesis) [Hiree’s Recruitment Source in Brackets]

Marketing & Promotions Writer/ Producer (1-3, 7, 9-10, 15, 19-20, 24, 35-36) [19] Reporter (5, 7, 9, 18-20, 40, 43) [19] Special Projects/Marketing Coord. (1-2, 7, 9-10, 15, 19-20, 35, 40, 42) [40] Assignment Manager/Content Center Manager (1-2, 5, 7-11, 15, 17-20, 33, 40) [19] Master Control Operator (1-2, 5, 7, 9-10, 15, 18-20, 28, 33, 35) [20] Associate Producer (1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 17-20, 35, 47, 50) [19] Multimedia Journalist (2) (1-2, 4-5, 7-10,13,15, 17-20, 33, 35, 52) [19, 19] News Anchor/Reporter (1-2, 5, 7-10, 13, 15, 17-20, 35, 40) [20] Producer/Director/Videographer in Commercial Production (10, 18-20, 35, 40) [20] Sales Manager (1-2, 5, 7-10, 13, 15,18-20, 30, 35, 40, 48-49,51) [40] Content Center Coordinator (1-2, 5, 7-10, 15, 18-20, 35, 50) [1] Weekend Meteorologist (1-2, 5, 7-10, 13, 15, 17-20, 35, 40) [20] Director of Television News (1-2, 5, 7-11, 13, 15, 17-20, 35) [20] Associate News Producer (1-2, 5, 7-11, 13, 15, 18-20, 30, 35) [19] Sports Reporter/Anchor (18-19, 41, 52-53) [19] Content Center Coordinator (2) (1-2, 5, 7-11, 13, 15, 19-20, 25, 27, 35, 40) [19, 20] Master Control Operator (1-2, 5, 7-11, 13, 15, 17-20, 27, 33, 35) [33]

TOTAL INTERVIEWS FOR FULL-TIME POSITIONS:

71 persons

NUMBER OF REFERRALS FOR INTERVIEWEES BY RECRUITMENT SOURCES:

#1 10 #5 1 #17 1 #18 6 #19 24 #20 16 #28 1 #30 1 #33 1 #35 3 #40 6 #49 1

SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: The following contains a brief description of activities from the FCC menu of outreach initiatives undertaken during the reporting period, including station personnel involved in the activities.

• Participation in at least four job fairs by station personnel who have substantial responsibility for hiring decisions.

Date(s): See list

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative:

February 20, 2013 Director of Human Resources attended Spring Career Exploration Day .

February 20, 2013 Human Resources Assistant attended Spring Career Expo Day at Louisiana State University.

March 18, 2013 Director of Human Resources and Executive Producer attended LSU School of Journalism Networking Night.

September 11, 2013 Director of Human Resources and Human Resources Assistant attended Fall Career Expo Day at Louisiana State University.

September 18, 2013 Director of Human Resources attended the Fall Career Exploration Day at Southern University.

Name of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources Cagney Blanchard, Finance/Human Resources Assistant Trey Schmaltz, Executive Producer

2 • Establishment of an internship program designed to assist members of the community to acquire skills needed for broadcast employment.

Date(s) On-going annually for Spring, Summer, and Fall Semesters

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative: WBRZ established and maintains an internship program to assist students interested in acquiring the necessary skills to pursue a career in broadcasting. Participating universities include Louisiana State University, Southern University in Baton Rouge, and Southeastern University in Hammond. Students from out-of-town or out-of- state universities may also participate in the Summer semesters. The majority of interns are enrolled in an internship or independent study course, and WBRZ managers provide written evaluations of the interns’ progress as requested.

Spring 2013 - News – 2 interns Sports – 1 intern Marketing – 1 intern Production – 1 intern

Summer 2013 News – 2 interns Sports – 2 interns Marketing – 2 interns Production – 1 intern Sales – 1 intern

Fall 2013 News – 5 interns Sports – 2 interns

Name(s) of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: James “Rocky” Daboval, General Manager Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources Noah Kozinko, Director of Marketing Charles “Chuck” Bark, Director of News Kevin Fries, Assistant Director of News Michael Cauble, Sports Director Ed Ball, Director of Production Denise Robichaux, Director of Sales

• Participate in scholarship programs directed at students desiring to pursue a career in broadcasting.

Date(s) June 1 through May 31 yearly

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative: WBRZ established a scholarship with Louisiana State University for a graduating senior from the Manship School of Mass Communications to be employed by WBRZ for a period of one year as an Apprentice and to be given a broad overall exposure to the functioning of a television station.

Name(s) of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: James “Rocky” Daboval, General Manager Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources Charles “Chuck” Bark, Director of News

Date(s) December 2, 2013 through January 20, 2014

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative: Director of Human Resources posts the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters’ Scholarship Application and information on station main bulletin board, including running PSA’s. The Human Resources department is 3 available to assist students in the application process. LAB makes available up to $4,000 annually (two individual scholarships equivalent to $1,000 per semester for a year) in scholarship awards to students enrolled and attending classes, fulltime, in a fully accredited broadcast curriculum at a Louisiana four year college. The scholarship is to be awarded prior to the end of the Spring Semester.

Name of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources James “Rocky” Daboval, General Manager

Date(s) August 14, 2013 through August 28, 2013

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative: Louisiana Association of Broadcasters offered LAB member stations the opportunity to qualify for one of seven $1,000 grants for a “paid internship” program. WBRZ-TV registered to participate in the lottery drawing. If chosen for one of the grants, a WBRZ intern would be awarded a $1000 scholarship upon successful completion of their internship. Although WBRZ was not one of the seven stations chosen in 2013, the station participates every year in the $1000 grants offered by LAB as an enhancement to our student internship program.

Name of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources James “Rocky” Daboval, General Manager

• Participation in at least four events or programs sponsored by educational institutions relating to career opportunities in broadcasting.

Date(s) On-going

Brief description of activities undertaken to fulfill initiative: WBRZ-TV routinely schedules community appearances by TV News/Station personnel and/or attends community events.

WBRZ-TV anchors and reporters participate in events that promote broadcast employment development. WBRZ-TV personnel include discussions regarding their careers, the broadcast industry and educational preparation for a career in broadcast media during these events.

January 30, 2013 Executive Producer of News visited with students at Broadmoor Middle School discussing the Television business, setting goals, and achieving success in broadcasting careers.

February 19, 2013 Weatherman visited Central Private School 8th graders with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana and career paths to becoming a Meteorologist.

February 20, 2013 Weatherman visited Family Christian Academy 4th & 5th graders with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana and how to become a meteorologist on TV.

March 1, 2013 Weatherman visited Spanish Lake Primary School to read to the Kindergarten students as part of the festivities around Dr. Seuss’ birthday and the Read Across America event.

4 March 12, 2013 Weatherman visited St. George Elementary School 1st graders to read to them as part of the festivities for Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read Across America. The children also asked many questions about

March 13, 2013 Two high school seniors from St. Joseph Academy High School had a Job Shadow Day at WBRZ. One shadowed with Director of Production, learning about the Production department on site, as well as assisting at an off-site location for a commercial shoot. The second student shadowed a Multimedia Journalist, assisting with an interview, editing, and actually shooting video for a package scheduled to air.

April 10, 2013 Weatherman visited Most Blessed Sacrament Early Learning Center to read to the Pre-K class and give a presentation on the weather, review what to do when bad weather occurs, and answer their questions about weather and being on TV.

June 19, 2013 Weatherman visited 5th & 6th graders at the Tiger Challenge Camp at LSU Laboratory School with the Weather Road Show

June 20, 2013 Various station departments participated in a day of learning by giving station tours to approximately 43 LSU Journalism High School Summer Camp attendees, including 4 counselors and 2 chaperones. Positions represented in giving tours included Marketing Coordinator, a Marketing intern, news producer, camera operator, content producer, two reporters, a noon newscast anchor, and a meteorologist. The event was announced live on the noon newscast, and the participants also observed the behind the scenes action in getting a Noon newscast on air. LSU Journalism Camp is an intensive one-week training program for high school students whose mission is to introduce students to the skills needed to be successful in a broadcast career.

September 3, 2013 Weatherman visited St. Jude Elementary School 4th graders with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana and the difference between a Meteorologist and a Weatherman, what it’s like being on TV, and how to become a meteorologist on TV.

September 5, 2013 Weatherman visited Episcopal Elementary School 3rd graders with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana, how to become a meteorologist, and some behind-the-scene activities of WBRZ newscasts.

September 23, 2013 Weatherman visited St. George Elementary School 2nd graders with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana, and what it’s like to be a weatherman on TV.

September 24, 2013 Weatherman visited Lakeside Primary School and spoke to the Special Education students, discussing weather events in Louisiana, and what it’s like to be a weatherman on TV. The students were very excited to meet someone they see on TV.

October 2, 2013 Weatherman visited Mayfair Laboratory Elementary students with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana.

October 6, 2013 (through March 2014) Weatherman serving as mentor to a Senior high school student from McKinley High School as part of “Windows to the World”, a school-to-work experience project sponsored by the school. The project consists of selecting a career area of interest and then securing a mentor who is willing to allow the student to observe, interview, and 5 participate in the chosen field. The student will job shadow for at least one hour per month from October 2013 to March 2014. The mentor will be required to complete an evaluation of their student’s involvement in the experience.

November 15, 2013 Web Producer served as a Career Day speaker at Live Oak High School, promoting a wide range of careers in television broadcasting.

December 5, 2013 Weatherman visited Brusly Elementary School with the Weather Road Show, discussing weather events in Louisiana and how to become a Meteorologist on TV.

Name(s) of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources Chuck Bark, Director of News Kevin Fries, Assistant Director of News Trey Schmaltz, Executive News Producer Dave Nussbaum, Meteorologist Josh Eachus, Meteorologist Rob Krieger, Reporter/Multimedia Journalist Ryan Naquin, Reporter/Multimedia Journalist Michael Shingleton, Reporter/Multimedia Journalist Noah Kozinko, Director of Marketing Kristen Maurel, Special Projects Coordinator John Pastorek, News Anchor Ed Ball, Director of Production Russell Jones, Web Producer

• Participation in at least four events or programs sponsored by community groups interested in broadcast employment issues.

Date(s) On-going

March 2, 2013 Weatherman read to children at Mall of Louisiana for kick-off to Read Across America Week, in conjunction with Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2nd. There was a great crowd viewing the event.

July 22, 2013 Weatherman visited students at Heritage Ranch, discussing weather events in Louisiana and a career path to becoming a Meteorologist. Heritage Ranch serves young men and women in the midst of a personal or family crisis from which they require temporary respite. Youth receive counseling, education, and life skills while their natural home setting is restored to health.

December 18, 2013 WBRZ hosted local Boy Scout at the station, giving tours of departments, including Marketing, Sales, Production (pre and post), Graphics, Master Control, Producing, News, Editing, and Weather. They also had an opportunity to see behind-the-scene activities during a live newscast, as well watching the live 4p newscast on set.

6 Name(s) of Station Personnel Involved in Initiative: Laura Sisemore, Director of Human Resources Chuck Bark, Director of News Kevin Fries, Assistant Director of News Trey Schmaltz, Executive News Producer Dave Nussbaum, Meteorologist Pat Shingleton, Chief Meteorologist Noah Kozinko, Director of Marketing Kristen Maurel, Special Projects Coordinator Brittany Weiss, News Anchor Ed Ball, Director of Production Denise Robichaux, Director of Sales Clyde Pierce, Director of Engineering

7 EEO Public File Report Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC WBRZ-TV/KBTR-CA Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 2014 Master List of Recruitment Sources (Appendix A) (Sources with an asterisk (*) denote organizations that requested notification of full-time vacancies.) January 29, 2013 through January 30, 2014

NO. ORGANIZATION REQ CONTACT E-MAIL PHONE ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP NUMBER (F = Fax) 1 The Advocate Classified Department [email protected] 225-388-0141 P. O. Box 588 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 225-388- 0129F 2. The Advocate Online Automatically posted jobs.theadvocate.com Baton Rouge, LA with ad placed through the Advocate 3. LA Department of Labor www.laworks.net 225-925-4311 1991 Wooddale Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Job Service 225-925- Blvd. 1845F 4. LSU Career Services Careercenter.lsu.edu [email protected] 225-578-1548 1502 Patrick F. Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578- Taylor Hall 1636F 5. LSU Manship School Mary Ann Sternberg; [email protected]; 225-388-0146 222 Journalism Baton Rouge, LA 70803 of Mass Comm Tad Odell; Andrea [email protected]; [email protected] Bldg. Miller 6. Southeastern Universtiy Dr. Claudia [email protected] 985-549-2105 P. O. Box 10451 Hammond, LA 70402 Dept of Language and McCalman 985-549- Communications 5407F 7. Southeastern University Rick Settoon [email protected] 985-549-2402 SLU 12872 Hammond, LA 70402 The Southeastern Channel General Manager 8 Southern University Career Tamara Montgomery, [email protected] 225-771-2200 P. O. Box 10980 Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Services Director 225-771- 3272F 9. Southern University Dr. Mahmoud Braima, [email protected] 225-771-5644 P. O. Box 9770 Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Dept of Mass Comm Chairman [email protected] 225-771- 4943F

10 Louisiana Association of Polly P. Johnson [email protected] 225-267-4522 660 Florida Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Broadcasters/LAB Angelice Tyson 225-267- Employmnt Clearinghouse Shelly Boulet 4329F 11. National Alliance of State Careerpage.org Broadcasters Assoc. 12. National Association of NABJobsOnline www.nabj.org 301-405-0248 1100 Knight Hall, College Park, MD 20742 Black Journalist (NABJ) 301-314- Ste. 3100 1714F 13. BR Area Asso. of Black Michelle McCalope, [email protected] 225-678-1472 Facebook.com/BR Baton Rouge, LA Journalists President AABJ 14. Camelot Career College Ronnie Williams camelotcollege.com 800-470-3320 2618 Wooddale Baton Rouge, LA 70805 225-927- Blvd, Ste A. 3794F 15. Delta College of Arts deltacollege.com 225-927-7780 7380 Exchange Baton Rouge, LA 70806 & Technology 225-927- Place 9096F 16. Remington College Remingtoncollege.edu 800-734-2490 10551 Coursey Baton Rouge, LA 70816 Blvd. . 17. Medialine Talent Shop Mark Shilstone Medialine.com 800-237-8073 P. O. Box 51909 Pacific Grove, CA 93950

18. Broadcast Employment Mark Holloway tvjobs.com 877-988-9808 P. O. Box 4116 Oceanside, CA Services 92052-4116 19. WBRZ-TV Website John Pecaut [email protected] 225-336-2203 1650 Highland Baton Rouge, LA 70802 www.wbrz.com Road 20. WBRZ-TV Internal Laura Sisemore [email protected] 225-336-2203 1650 Highland Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Bulletin Board Road (Employee or Employee Referral) 21. WBRZ-TV Ad Laura Sisemore [email protected] 225-336-2203 1650 Highland Baton Rouge, La 70802 Public Service Announcement Road 22. Rick Gevers TVSpy.com 23. Talent Dynamics JJ Davis [email protected] 214-951- 8828 Stemmons Dallas, TX 75247 9610F Suite 510 24. 602 Communications Graeme Newell graemenewell@602 602-485-4412 602 Phoenix, AZ communications.com Communications 25. EW Scripps School of Debra DePeel, [email protected] 740-593-2590 210 Schoonover Athens, Ohio 45701 Journalism Admin. Coord. Center Ohio University

26. ProductionHUB.Com Productionhub.com 27. Women in Media – Baton Kristie Howard [email protected] Rouge chapter 28. Walk-Ins or Self Referral 29. The Times Picayune – Print nolamediagroup.com 504-826-3580 3800 Howard New Orleans, LA 70125 Edition 800-925-0000 Avenue 504-826- 3492F 30. NOLA.com Online posting www.nola.com/jobs 800-925-0000 3800 Howard Ave New Orleans, LA 70125 31. CreativeCow.net forums.creativecow.net 32. B-roll.net b-roll.net 33. Craigslist.org Online posting http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/ 34. Investigative Reporter and IRE.org [email protected] 573-882-2042 141 Neff Annex Columbia, MO 65211 Editors (National Institute nicar.org Missouri School for Computer-Assisted of Journalism Reporting)

35. Indeed.com Online posting Indeed.com 7501 N. Capital of Austin, TX 78731 automatically added Texas Hwy. with Advocate posting Building B 36. Well Dunne Talent.com Kate Bacon Dunne [email protected] 602-288-9043 http://blog.welldunnetalent.com 37. Marketing Ideanet Sandy Lizik [email protected] Newsletter 602 Communication 38. News Check Media Phil Kirk [email protected] 516-674-4914 P.O. Box 565 Chatham, NJ 07928 39. Work In Sports, LLC workinsports.com [email protected] 855-220-5627 7010 East Phoenix, AZ 85054 Chauncey Lane Ste. 115 40. Outside Referral/ /Networking Contacts 41. No Whining Talent Linda Levy [email protected] 817-987-3600 2110 Elmwood Bryan, TX 77802 42. LSU Career Day Expo . 43. Southern University Career Day Exhibition 44. Tulane University Career tulane.edu/hiretulane/ [email protected] 504-865-5107 New Orleans, LA 70118 Center 45. University of New Orleans Martha Barnes [email protected] 888- 514-4275 2000 Lakeshore New Orleans, LA 70148 Career Services Drive

46. Loyola University (N.O.) Jill Boatright [email protected]; 504-865-3860 Campus Box 200 New Orleans, LA 70118 Career Development Cntr. [email protected] 47. University of Louisiana https://www.myinterfa http://careerservices.louisiana.edu 337- 482-1444 200 Rex Street Lafayette, LA 70504 Lafayette Career Services se.com/louisiana/empl oyer

48. Talent Assist – Baton Julie Laperouse [email protected] 225-381-7125 564 Laurel Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Rouge Area Chamber Services 49. Media Recruiter mediarecruiter.com [email protected] 303-400-5150 9457 S. University Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Blvd. #303 50. Baton Rouge Community Marcelle DeSoto 225- 216-8447 201 Community Baton Rouge, LA 70806 College Career Center http://www.collegecen College Drive (College Central) tral.com/brcc

51. Workplace Diversity wkdiversity.careers.ad 973- 992-7311 Parsippany, New Jersey icio.com/ 52. DB and Associates [email protected] 610-767-6183 P. O. Box 353 Neffs, PA 18065 53. OTA Talent tvnewsagents.com 719- 388-9765