EEO Public File Report
for
WCSM - AM/FM
Celina, Ohio

This EEO Public File Report
Covers the One-Year Period
Ending on June 1, 2008 

EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

This EEO Public File Report is filed in Station WCSM - AM/FM’s public inspection file pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules.

During the period June 1, 2007-June 1, 2008, the station filled the following full-time vacancies: ONE

The station interviewed a total of 10 people for the full-time vacancy during the period covered in this report.

The following are the recruitment sources used during the period covered in this report and the cumulative number of interviewees referred by each: 
 

OAB (Ohio Association of Broadcasters) Website

www.oab.org

88 East Broad Street, Suite 1180

Columbus, Ohio 43215-3525

614-228-4052

THE DAILY STANDARD NEWSPAPER

www.dailystandard.com

123 East Market Street

Celina, Ohio  45822

419-586-2371

Attachment A: contains the following information for the full-time vacancy:

A.      Full Time Sales Representative:  Responsible for handling radio advertising sales efforts with local businesses including contracting, servicing and writing copy for such clients.

THE DAILY STANDARD NEWSPAPER

www.dailystandard.com

123 East Market Street

Celina, Ohio  45822

419-586-2371  

                        OAB (Ohio Association of Broadcasters) Website

                        www.oab.org

                        88 East Broad Street, Suite 1180

                        Columbus, Ohio 43215-3525

                        614-228-4052

10- Total number of persons interviewed for the one full-time vacancy

OAB - 0 candidates referred

DAILY STANDARD – 10 candidates referred

Attachment B contains a list and brief description of menu option activities undertaken pursuant to the FCC’s EEO rules during the time period covered by this report.

Station WCSM - AM/FM has engaged in the following outreach Activities during the year covered by this report:

Activity Classification Type of Activity/Brief Description

#1  Have participated in 2 job fairs during this reporting period. No other such fairs were available during this period.

#4  Participated in 2 conventions with Ohio Association of Broadcasters during this period and also attended 1 Career Day.

#7  Participated in Ohio Association of Broadcast - scholarship program designed to assist students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting.

#10  Participated in 3 job shadow programs sponsored by local high school systems relating to career opportunities in broadcasting.  Also included one intern program with a college level student majoring in Broadcast Communications.

#14 Provision of training to management level personnel as to methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and preventing discrimination.

#15 Provision of training to personnel of unaffiliated non-profit organizations interested in broadcast employment opportunities that would enable them to better refer job candidates for broadcast positions.

#16 Participation in other activities designed by the station reasonably calculated to further the goal of disseminating information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities including an ongoing job shadow program with area high school students where students interested in the broadcast industry spend a day at the radio station observing operations.

Federal Communication Commission                                                          Approved by OMB

Washington D. C. 20554                                                                            3060-0113

BROADCAST EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM REPORT

(To be filed with broadcast license renewal application)

TYPE OF BROADCAST STATION:  

Commercial Broadcast Station                                                       Noncommercial Broadcast Station

XXXX  Radio                        TV                                                      Educational Radio

                                          Low Power TV                                    Educatonal TV

                                         International

List call sign and location of all stations included on this report.  List commonly owned stations that share one or more employees.  Also list stations operated by the licensee pursuant to a time brokerage agreement.  Indicate on the table below which stations are operated pursuant to a time brokerage agreement.  To the extent that licensees include stations operated pursuant to a time brokerage agreement on this report, responses or information provide in Sections I through IV should take into consideration of the licensee's EEO compliance efforts at brokered stations, as well as any other stations, included on this form.  For purposes of this form, a station employment unit is a station or a group of commonly owned stations in the same market that share at least one employee.

CONTACT PERSON IF OTHER THAN LICENSEE

Name:  John H Coe                                Street Address:  6458 Meyer Road

City:   Celina                           State:  Ohio                Zip Code:  45822         Telephone number  419-586-5133

FILING INSTRUCTIONS

Broadcast station licensees are required to afford equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and to refrain from discriminating in employment and related benefits on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, and sex.  See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.2080.  Pursuant to these requirements, a license renewal applicant whose station employment unit employs five or more full-time station employees must file a report of its activities to ensure equal employment opportunity.  If a station employment unit employs fewer than five full-time employees, no equal employment opportunity program information need to be filed.  If a station employment unit is filing a combined report, a copy of the report must be filed with each station's renewal application.

A copy of this report must be kept in the station's public file.  These actions are required to obtain license renewal.  Failure to meet these requirements may result in sanctions or license renewal being delayed or denied.  These requirements are contained in 47 C. F. R. Section 73.2080 and are authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 

DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS.  Have any pending or resolved complaints been filed during this license term before any body having competent jurisdiction under federal, state, territorial or local law, alleging unlawful discrimination in the employment practices of the station(s)?                                                  YES                 xxxx  NO

If so, provide a brief description of the complaint(s), including the persons involved, the date of the filing, the court or agency, the file number (if any), and the disposition or current status of the matter.

Does your station employment unit employ fewer than five full-time employees?              YES            xxxxx NO

If your station employment unit employs fewer than five full-time employees, complete the certification below, return the form to the FCC, and place a copy in your station(s) public file.  You do not have to complete the rest of this form.  If your station employment unit employs five or more full time employees, you must complete all of this form and follow all instructions. 

CERTIFICATION

This report must be certified as follows:

A.  by licensee, if an individual  

B.  By a partner, if a partnership (general partner, if a limited partnership):

C.  By an officer, if a corporation or an association:  or

D.  By an attorney of the licensee, in case of physical disability or absence from the United States of the licensee.

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE, AND/OR IMPRISONMENT  (U. S. CODE, TITLE 18 SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U. S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1), and or forfeiture (U. S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).

I certify to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, all statements contained in this report are true and correct.

Name of Respondent:  John H. Coe           Title:  President                 Telephone Number  419-586-5133      Date:  6/1/07

The purpose of this document is to provide broadcast licensees, the FCC, and the public with information about whether the station is meeting equal employment opportunity requirements.

GENERAL POLICY

A broadcast station must provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regards to their race, color, national origin, religion or sex in all personnel actions including recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion, compensation, training and termination.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION 

A broadcast station must assign a particular official overall responsibility for equal employment opportunity at the station.  That officials name and title are:

JOHN H COE, PRESIDENT

It is also the responsibility of all persons at a broadcast station making employment decision with respect to recruitment, evaluation, selection, promotion compensation, training and termination of employees to ensure that no person is discriminated against in employment because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex.

I.  EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

Attach as an exhibit one copy of each of the EEO public file reports from the previous two years.  Stations are required to place annually such information as is required by 47 C. F. R. Section 73, 2080 in their public files.

                                                                                                                                                          EXHIBIT NO.

II.  NARRATIVE STATEMENT

Provide a statement in an exhibit which demonstrates how the station achieved broad and inclusive outreach during the two-year period prior to filing this application.  Stations that have experienced difficulties in their outreach efforts should explain.

                                                                                                                                                          EXHIBIT NO.

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

We have estimated that each response to this collection of information will take 1.5 hours.  Our estimate includes the time to read the instructions, look through existing records, gather and maintain required data, and actually complete and review the form or response.  If you have any comments on this estimate, or how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please write the Federal Communications Commission, AMD-PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060-0113), Washington, D. C. 20554.  We will also accept your comments via the Internet if you send them to pra@fcc.gov.  Remember - you are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice.  This collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0113.

THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, P. O. 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.