WLEN RADIO EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 5/22/07-5/21/08
#1. List of all jobs filled: Two part time programming positions.
#2. List of recruitment sources used to fill each vacancy: As listed below.
EEO
Date of opening-July 2007
Description of opening-Part Time Programming position (PT)
No recruitment was done as this was a part time position.
EEO
Date of opening-January 2008
Description of opening-Part Time Programming position (PT)
No recruitment was done as this was a part time position.
#3. Description of supplemental outreach initiatives:
A. Annual Scholarship for Broadcasting President of Lenawee Broadcasting, Julie Koehn and Secretary Joyce Koehn developed the John W. Koehn Memorial Scholarship in 1992. This scholarship gives a one time amount of $1,000.00 to a recipient each year. It can be used for any post high school education, including community college, university or trade school. It was developed in cooperation with the International Broadcasters Idea Bank, and is funded solely by Lenawee Broadcasting Company. Those that are eligible include any employee of child of an employee of an Idea Bank member station. The recipient must be studying in a broadcast related field. The scholarship is judged annually by a group of 6 broadcasters from the United States and Canada. To date we have awarded 15 scholarships totaling $15,000.00
B. ATHENA Lenawee Scholarship Program-WLEN is one of four businesses to annually fund this scholarship given to a young woman in Lenawee County to pursue post high school study. It is a one time $1,000.00 scholarship facilitated through the Lenawee Education Foundation.
C. ATHENA Aide-WLEN Radio President and General Manager Julie Koehn developed this program through ATHENA Lenawee to start a non- traditional scholarship program. This program will fund continuing assistance and education to women who find themselves in a position to need training or assistance that they cannot afford for themselves. These women may be at risk or not.
D. Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation Internship Program. WLEN Radio has participated in the program since its inception and has hosted 5 interns thru this program. One has been hired by the station as a full time employee. This program is funded by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Foundation and participating stations. 2003 was the first year for the program, and WLEN Radio was one of 6 sites in Michigan.
E. Annually Internship Program WLEN Radio has had an on going internship program for 20 some years, and it exists year round. We have interns from local high schools, the Lenawee Intermediate school district, Adrian College and Siena Height University. These programs are both in programming and in marketing, promotions and sales. We take interns year round as the interests arise. Our interns have gone on to careers in sales, morning show personalities in middle markets, and careers in politics. Station personnel involved in our internship program include, Julie Koehn, President, Dale Gaertner, Program Director, Steve Barkway, Sports Director, Tonya Lightner, Production Director and Lori Sallows, Promotions Director. For 2007/2008 we hosted two interns in our promotions department. One in the summer of 2007, one in the winter of 2007/2008. We also hosted one intern in our programming department from 2007 to present. In addition, we hosted several middle school and high school students in a job shadowing program.
F. One WLEN Employee is a member of the advisory board for the multi media program at our local vocational and technical center, (Lenawee Vo-tech). This is an entirely voluntary position.
5. Recruitment sources used for each vacancy: As listed above.
6. Total number of interviewees during the period, and total number of interviewees referred by each recruitment source: As listed above.