Supplemental
Outreach Initiatives
(June
1, 2006 to June 1, 2007)
FCC Menu Categories
1.
Participation in at least four job fairs
by station personnel who have substantial responsibility in making hiring
decisions;
2.
Hosting of at least one job fair;
3.
Co-sponsoring of at least one job fair
with organizations in the business and professional community whose membership
includes substantial participation by women and minorities;
4.
Participation in at least four events,
including conventions, career days, workshops, and similar activities,
sponsored by organizations representing groups present in the community
interested in broadcast employment issues;
5.
Establishment of an internship program
designed to assist members of the community to acquire skills needed for
broadcast employment;
6.
Participation in job banks, Internet
programs, and other programs designed to promote outreach generally (i.e.,
outreach that is not primarily directed to providing notification of specific
job vacancies);
7.
Participation in scholarship programs
designed to assist students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting;
8.
Establishment of training programs
designed to enable station personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them
for higher level positions;
9.
Establishment of a mentoring program for
station personnel;
10.
Participation in at least four events or
programs sponsored by educational institutions relating to career opportunities
in broadcasting;
11.
Sponsorship of at least two events in the
community designed to inform and educate members of the public about employment
opportunities in broadcasting;
12.
Listing of each upper-level category
opening in a job bank or newsletter of media trade groups whose membership
includes substantial participation by women and minorities;
13.
Provision of assistance to unaffiliated
non-profit entities in the maintenance of web sites that provide counseling on
the process of searching for broadcast employment and/or other career
development assistance pertinent to broadcasting;
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.
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Brief Description of Activity, Including
Date(s) and Station Staff Involved |
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Stations
Reporting: KUED/KUEN/KUER Date:
October 18, 2005 and February 28, 2007 (2 Job Fairs) Participants:
Host:
KUED/KUEN/KUER ( Participate in |
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Stations Reporting:
KUED/KUEN/KUER Date: March 14, 2007 Participants: Hosts: KUED/KUEN/KUER in
conjunction with the KUED
and KUEN in conjunction with the Utah Broadcaster’s Association hosted a
broadcasting job fair at the University of Utah Union |
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4 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
Ongoing Participants:
Lewis Downey, Chief Engineer; Jenny Brundin, News Director Host:
KUER Lewis
and Jenny provide tours of KUER. Many
of the tours are given to school groups interested in learning about the
broadcast industry. The tours include
a visit to the production studio and a view of an on-air break. Often, Jenny will discuss the broadcast
field and what is required to work in the industry. Tours are conducted as requested. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
January 2006 to May 2006: Laura Weiss Date/Intern:
January 2006 to May 2006: Mikenna Clokey Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host; Tasha Cook,
Reporter/Host; Michael Havey, Operations Manager; Lewis Downey; Chief
Engineer Host:
KUER Laura
and Mikenna assisted KUER’s Newsroom with legislative
coverage, local news coverage, story editing, phone calls and other newsroom
duties. Both interns had the
opportunity to have their stories aired during KUER’s local news segments. Laura and Mikenna also assisted with
providing local news web content to the web manager. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern: May 2006 to August, 2006: Jay Logan Date/Intern:
May 2006 to August 2006: Alex Steele Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host; Tasha Cook,
Reporter/Host; Michael Havey, Operations Manager; Lewis Downey; Chief
Engineer Host:
KUER Jay
and Alex assisted KUER’s Newsroom with local news
coverage, story editing, phone calls and other newsroom duties. Both interns had the opportunity to have
their stories aired during KUER’s local news segments. Jay and Alex also assisted with providing
local news web content to the web manager.
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
August 2006 to December 2006: Sara Johansen Date/Intern:
August 2006 to December 2006: Marcela Torres Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host; Tasha Cook,
Reporter/Host; Michael Havey, Operations Manager; Lewis Downey; Chief
Engineer Host:
KUER Sara
and Marcela assisted KUER’s Newsroom with local news
coverage, story editing, phone calls and other newsroom duties. Both interns had the opportunity to have
their stories aired during KUER’s local news segments. Sara and Marcela also assisted with
providing local news web content to the web manager. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
January 2007 to May 2007: Marcela
Torres Date/Intern:
January 2007 to May 2007: Zachary Todd Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host; Tasha Cook,
Reporter/Host; Michael Havey, Operations Manager; Lewis Downey; Chief
Engineer Host:
KUER Marcela
and Zachary assisted KUER’s Newsroom with legislative
coverage, local news coverage, story editing, phone calls and other newsroom
duties. Both interns had the
opportunity to have their stories aired during KUER’s local news
segments. Sara and Marcela also
assisted with providing local news web content to the web manager. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
May 2007 to present: Matthew Stillman Date/Intern:
May 2007 to present: Benjamin Bombard Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host; Tasha Cook,
Reporter/Host; Michael Havey, Operations Manager; Lewis Downey; Chief
Engineer Host:
KUER Matthew and Benjamin assist
KUER’s Newsroom with local news coverage, story editing, phone calls and
other newsroom duties. Both interns
had the opportunity to have their stories aired during KUER’s local news
segments. Sara and Marcela also
assisted with providing local news web content to the web manager. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
08/21/2006 to present: Nastaran Alimadadi Participants: Susan Kropf, Development Director; Tristin
Tabish, Marketing Coordinator; Alice Gear-Webber; Underwriting Manager; Amber
Sundin-Debirk, Underwriting Representative Host:
KUER Assists with all
aspects of the Development Department, including special events, fundraising
activities, premium fulfillment, member mailings. |
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Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
May 2006 to December 2006: Participants:
Doug Fabrizio, Executive Producer; Elaine Clark, Senior Producer Host:
KUER Assists
the Executive Producer and Senior Producer in story ideas for KUER’s daily
one-hour call-in news program. Assists
in research, guest acquisition and listener call-back and email
correspondence. Assists in screening
calls and emails during live show.
Helps with remote recording of the program. |
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5 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Volunteers:
June, 2006 to June, 2007; 130 volunteers. About 75% of the volunteers are
female, with a little less than 30% of ethnic decent. Participants:
Patti Hanson, Membership Manager Host:
KUER Volunteers serve as pledge takers during
KUER’s bi-annual membership drives. They
assist in taking listener information, answering questions and assisting in
premium fulfillment for KUER’s Development Department. |
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Stations Reporting: KUER Date: Ongoing Participants: Doug Fabrizio, Executive Producer; Elaine
Clark, Senior Producer Host: KUER KUER’s
“RadioWest” is a daily call-in news program which focuses on issues
concerning |
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8 |
Stations Reporting: KUER Date: September 2006 Participants: Tiffany
Casey, Program Director Host: KUER Tiffany attended the PRPD Conference
where participants discussed the future of broadcasting in a multi-platform
environment, as well as sense of place and what the community expects from
public broadcasting. |
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8 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
July 2006 Participants: Susan Kropf, Development Director; Alice
Gear-Webber, Underwriting Manager; Patti Hanson, Membership Manager. Host:
KUER Susan, Alice and Patti attended the Public Radio
Development Conference in July, where participants discussed fundraising,
underwriting, member acquisition and retention, special events and use of the
web for increased fundraising activities.
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8 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
January 2007 Participants: Steve Williams, Music Director Host:
KUER Steve attended the IAJE, International Association
of Jazz Educators Conference in |
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8 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date: February 2007 Participants:
Tristin Tabish, Marketing Coordinator; Host: KUER Tristin and |
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10 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Volunteers:
Fall Semester, 2006/Spring Semester 2007 Participants: Dan Bammes, Reporter/Host Host:
KUER Dan taught a Radio Journalism Class for the
Communications Department at the |
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10 |
Stations
Reporting: KUER Date: Ongoing Participants:
Jenny Brundin, News Director; Doug Fabrizio, Executive Producer; Elaine
Clark, Senior Producer Host:
KUER Jenny, Doug and Elaine are often asked to sit on panels and host
lectures in the community regarding public broadcasting and the media in
general. They have sat on panels for
the Sundance Institute, panels for the |
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Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
Ongoing Participants:
Managers, KUER Host:
KUER The Administrators of KUER identified core
classes that are required for all managers and supervisors. Through the University of Utah Center for
Staff Development, supervisors attended classes covering the topics: Managing Employee Performance, Diversity
Training, Illegal discrimination/ADA, Sexual Harassment, and First Line
Fundamentals (Policies). Supervisors
frequently attend other managerial classes offered at the University as well
as classes offered through professional organizations. |
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Stations
Reporting: KUER Date/Intern:
Ongoing Participants:
Magali Coburn, Senior Accountant Host:
KUER Full-time
job postings are placed on the University of Utah’s Website as well as KUER’s
website, both of which are accessible not only in the state of Utah, but
nationwide. |
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Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
Ongoing Participants:
Programming Department Host:
KUER Varied Public Service Announcements are made
frequently at the request of community agencies throughout the local area. |
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Stations
Reporting: KUER Date:
Ongoing Participants:
Tristin Tabish, Marketing Coordinator Host:
KUER KUER sends out a monthly e-news letter to members
notifying them of special KUER events, programs, community events and staff
recognitions. |