WRNR-AM

        EEO Public File Report

       June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012

  Summary of Hires

      Total # Full-Time Jobs Open: 

Total # Full-Time Jobs Filled:  0

                   Total # Persons Interviewed for Full Time Jobs:  0

Recruitment Initiatives:  

WRNR established its internship more than 25 years ago and it has continued to the present.  Over the years, the internship program has brought to our station many talented students of broadcasting including minority and female students most of whom attended Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV), and West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) and reside in West Virginia.  In the summer of 2011, we advised Shepherd University,West Virginia University and Shenandoah University (Winchester,VA) that we could again have at least one internship available from their Schools of Broadcasting.  In response, we did receive several inquiries about fall, summer and spring work-study programs from students at Shepherd University and West Virginia University.

 Supplemental Outreach Initiatives:

During the fall and winter of 2011-2012 Shepherd University student Matt Hendershot spent 180 hours with TalkRadio WRNR for his field study class and participated in a wide variety of on and off air operations. Shepherd University professor Ed Fincham oversaw his study for the University.  We anticipate one intern each from Shepherd University and West Virginia University during the summer of 2012.  Matt Miller also worked with DECA classes from Hedgesville High School in April, 2012, on various aspects of broadcasting with an emphasis on marketing strategies and commercial production.

Employee training programs are ongoing year-round hosted by operations manager, Matt Miller and engineer, Francis Little and dealt with programming, technical matters and on-air presence.  Our sales staff meets monthly to review new industry data, trends in sales techniques, and printed sales information is distributed weekly.

Station personnel with substantial responsibility for hiring decisions participated in a Business Expo sponsored by  the Martinsburg/Berkeley County Chamber of  Commerce in November, 2011 and co-sponsored a Career Fair with Blue Ridge Community and Technical College in Martinsburg on April 5, 2012 and received some twenty applications from interested persons.  President and General Manager, Richard Wachtel also attended an EEO Seminar at the West Virginia Broadcasters Association spring meeting on March 31, 2012.

We occasionally aired announcements and placed notices on our website and the West Virginia Broadcasters Association seeking applicants for full and part-time announcing and sales jobs and received a few applications as a result. 

No requests for job opening notifications have been received from outside organizations.

No part-time or full-time employees have been hired during this period simply because no openings were available.   We maintain a file of applications should an opening arise.