EEO August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019

Equal Employment Opportunity Program
Annual Report

Neuhoff Media – Springfield LLC
WFMB-AM/WFMB-FM/WCVS-FM/WXAJ-FM
Springfield, Illinois
August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019

 

Full-Time Vacancies

 The following full-time positions were filled during the reporting period:

1. Sports Reporter
2. Director of Digital Services

Interview Sources

Total Number of Persons Interviewed: 10

Sources of Interviews Conducted:

Position	Job Title	Date Filled	Applicants Interviewe-Sources-	Recruitment Sources Used	Referral Source of Employee
1	Sports Reporter	8/2/18	9, 27, 35	2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27, 32, 35	27
2	Director of Digital Sales  & Client Services	5/1/19	1, 19, 27, 35	1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 31, 32, 35	35

 

 Recruitment Sources of Employee Notices

1	On Air Announcements: WFMB-FM/AM, WXAJ-FM, WCVS-FM	3055 S. 4th Street Springfield, IL 62703	Kevin O’Dea 217-528-3033
2	Manpower	2719 W. Monroe Street Springfield, Il  62704	Ginette Comstock 217-528-2323
3	Southern Illinois University Broadcast Department	Woody Hall B204 Carbondale, IL  62901	Dr. James Scales
4	Rainbow Push Coal	930 E 50th St. Chicago, IL  60615	Tannis Williamson
5	Career Center I.S.U.	Career Center I.S.U. Coordinator Student Employment Campus Box 2520 Normal IL 61790	Timoteo Asis
6	Parkland College	2400 W. Bradley Avenue Champaign, IL  61821	Sandy Spencer
7	John Wood Community College	1301 S. 48th Street Quincy, IL  62305	Susan Deege
8	NAACP Springfield Branch	P.O. Box 1524 Springfield, IL  62704	Rudy Davenport
9	University of IL at Champaign/Urbana	620 E John Room 250 Champaign, IL  61820	Lavonne Nouaofski
10	IL Center for Broadcasting	55 W 22nd Street #240 Lombard, IL  60148	Mike Kendall
11	IL Dept. of Human Services Office	2435 Broadway Quincy, IL  62301	Donna Ryan
12	National Association of Broadcasters Minority & Specialty Services Department	1771 N Street NW Washington DC 20036
13	Quincy University Career Services	1800 College St. Quincy, IL  62301	Rebecca Barrett
14	Land of Lincoln Consortium	1300 S 9th St. Springfield, Il 62703	Susan Sims
15	U of I Springfield K30 Human Resources office	Springfield, IL  62794	Rosa Bryan
16	Southern Illinois University	Room 1056 Communications Building Carbondale, IL  62901	Phylis Johnson
17	Illinois Broadcasters Association	300 N Pershing Ave. Suite B Energy IL  62933	Debbie David 618-942-2139
18	Springfield Center for Independent Living	426 West Jefferson Springfield, IL  62702	Cecelia Haasis
19	AllAccess.com	All Access Music Group 28955 Pacific Coast Hwy Suite 210 Malibu, CA 90265	On Air Position 310.457.6616
20	Women in Communications	P.O. Box 1105 Bloomington, IL  61702
21	Women in Management	P.O. Box 1131 Springfield, IL 62705
22	Springfield College in Illinois	1500 N. Fifth Street Springfield, IL  62702
23	Springfield Urban League	1100 N 11th St. Springfield, IL  62703	Ms. Nicki Baker
24	Pleasant Grove Baptist Church	908 Martin Luther King Dr. Springfield, IL  62703
25	Lincolnland Community College	5250 Shephard Road Springfield, IL  62702	Shawn Shures
26	Zion Baptist Church/Pastor Hagy	1601 E. Laurel Springfield  62707
27	Employee Referral
28	Broadcast Center Employee Placement	2360 Hampton Ave. St. Louis, MO  63139	John Carrol 314-647-8181
29	State Journal Register	One Copley Plaza Springfield, IL	217-789-1506
30	Capital Area Career Center	2201 Toronto Road Springfield, IL  62707	Jim Grimes 217-529-5431
31	Neuhoff Media – Social Media Accounts	Neuhoff Media-Decatur 250 North Water Street Decatur, Illinois 62523	Kevin O’Dea 217-528-3033
32	Neuhoff Media – Springfield	Internal Posting	217-528-3033
33	Country Aircheck	Country Aircheck 914 18th Ave South Nashville, TN 37212	Lon Helton 615.320.1450
34	Craigslist	Craigslist.com	Michele Mitchell 217-528-3033
35	NeuhoffMedia.com	Neuhoff Communications 3055 S 4th Street Springfield, IL	Michele Mitchell 217-528-3033

 

Supplemental Outreach Initiatives

Indiana Broadcasters Association – Career Fair
Neuhoff EVP Chris Fleming and VP/Programming Mike Shamus, attended the Indiana Broadcasters Association Spring Career Fair in Carmel, Indiana on March 30, 2019. We spoke with potential job candidates in sales, on-air, news and engineering positions.

University of Indianapolis
Neuhoff EVP Chris Fleming participated in an outreach program at University of Indianapolis – where job seekers applied for real world jobs at the radio stations and received real world feed-back from a seasoned hiring manager. January-February 2019

National Association of Broadcasters – Education Foundation
Neuhoff Media COO, Michael Hulvey, presented at the NABEF Student Scholar Mentoring program on September 26th, 2018. The remarks included information about careers in broadcasting, future opportunities in the industry and our company. The program was held in conjunction with the national Radio Show in Orlando Florida.

Neuhoff Sports Media Camp
This annual program featured 11 students attending the program the week of June 24th, 2019 at the Danville Area Community College. The program focused on young people interested in careers in the media field in general, but with an emphasis on radio, television broadcasting and writing. Members of the Neuhoff staff conduct hands on training in announcing, interviewing, reporting, writing and public relations. In its 24th year, the Summer Media Camp is responsible for a number of current or former staff members

Fast Forward Development Program

The Neuhoff Fast Forward program allows a staff member in each market to participate in this development program.  The Fast Forward participants learn from in-house experts plus outside speakers on subjects that lead to their professional development.  The goal is to build our next generation of leaders in all facets of our business from the inside first. 

Neuhoff Mentoring Program

A Neuhoff mentoring program has been established with senior team members and those identified through the Fast Forward Program.  Each member meets monthly with their senior level mentor.  The mentee receive direction on key career goals and personal development.

Neuhoff Media Internship Program

We regularly provide internship opportunities to the community for the development of skill necessary for employment in the broadcast industry.  These internships focus on content, performance, support and development aspects.  Our internships have been utilized by high school, college and post educational members of the public. A total of four students from Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and University of Illinois-Springfield served in this capacity during the reporting period.

Senior Leadership Team EEO Training Program

Annually the Neuhoff Leadership Team is provided with training on EEO best practices. We’ve provided outside experts to train specifically on matters relating to discrimination, sexual harassment and other matter related to employee development.  We have retained the services a professional trainer to assist in these matters.