Opening Statement: After discussing the regulations regarding the EEO with our FCC attorney Mr. Art Belediuk of Smithwick & Belediuk, we have been advised that we are exempt as we only have 4 nonexempt full time employees throughout the year. Even with that status, WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will strive to meet or beat the expectations required by the EEO rules.
1) Employment Unit: WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc.
2) Unit Members:
KTLS-FM (Holdenville, Oklahoma)
KKFC-FM (Coalgate, Oklahoma)
3) EEO Contact Information for Unit Members
WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc.
1188 North Hills Centre
Ada, Okla. 74820
(580) 332-2211
(580) 436-1629 fax
Contact: Rick Woodward,
Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
email: rickwoodward@ktlsradio.com
4) WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc. has 6 full time employees of which 2 are exempt because of owning more than 20% of the stock. WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc. has 4 non-exempt employees and an average of 8 part-time employees. Those positions are as follows:
Name: Job title status recruitment etc.
Rick Woodward - Pres. & Gen. Mgr. (Exempt) Corporate
Howard
Stone - Vice Pres. & Sales Mgr. (Exempt) Corporate
Craig Stonecipher-Programming Manager (Full Time) O. A. B.
Candy Matthews - On-Air/Sales
(Full Time) Internal or Client Referral
Mark Masoner - Sales (Full Time) Internal or Client Ref.
Robert Jaques- (Part time) Sports
broadcaster / 5 hours per week
-Male and self employed attorney
Ranae Woodward - Traffic Manager (Part Time)
Allison Hughes - Sales (Part Time) Client Referral
Monica William - Office Help 25 Hours Per Week (Part Time) College Student Mentorship Mass Communications
All other positions including sales, on-air, board operators, and misc. office help are considered part time and are recruited through the local High Schools and Colleges’ mass communication programs as job shadowing, interning, or Client referrals.
Engineer: Has been with us for over two years and is a contract employee as we understand the IRS Classification of an independent Contractor. He works for us as needed and also works for other Radio stations in the area.
5) Recruitment
Sales (Full Time) Interviewed 6 people for two positions which were opened during this reporting period. Interviewees were contacted through the resumes they had submitted via our websites and were people who had been unemployed from other industries in our area. Two sales people were hired to replace two existing positions.
6) Total # of Interviewees Referred:
For the period of Jan. 31st 2005 until Jan. 15th 2006, this Employment Unit interviewed 12 interviewees for full or part time employment opportunities and accepted over 19 resumes. Two sales people were hired to replace two existing open positions, and two Part Time people were hired to replace three existing positions. No new positions were created during this employment reporting period.
7) Supplemental Recruitment Initiatives:
(a) Initiative: Regional Radio Representatives have discussed career opportunities on numerous occasions to the students of Ada High School, Hayes Elementary, and Washington Elementary Schools. We were also involved in representing Broadcasting Careers at the Oklahoma Employment/ Workforce Oklahoma Job Fair.
(b) Initiative: Internships, Mentorship’s, and Job ShadowingWoodStone Broadcasting, Inc. offers internships in all departments at its Radio Stations through these initiatives. We have numerous students from Ada High School Media Dept. use this type of Initiatives throughout the school year. We also offer the same to the Chickasaw Nation Youth Program each summer. Generally, we have two students from the Chickasaw program each year and anywhere from 3 to 6 students from Ada High School and East Central University Interning for our stations each year.
8) Woodstone Broadcasting, Inc. has additionally added this reporting year, a 5 minute program airing each Monday on both stations, a program for Workforce Oklahoma and the Employment Security Commission announcing job openings, announcements, unemployment information, and other information they want to get out to the public. Additionally, we have added links to both of our websites for these two government offices of employment.
WoodStone Broadcasting, Inc. DBA KTLS-FM and KKFC-FM
-An Equal Opportunity Employer-
