Annual EEO Public File Report Blooming Prairie Farm Radio, Inc. Covering the Period from December, 2013 to November, 2014 Stations comprising Station Employment Unit KOWZ-FM, KRUE-AM, KKOR-FM Vacancy Information The following are all full-time job vacancies filled between December 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014, identified by job title and indicating the recruitment source that referred the successful candidate. U Full-time Positions Filled by Job Title Total # Interviewed DOE U New Sales Representative December 2, 2013 Recruitment Source of Hire 8x Recruitment Sources Utilized Referral Radio, Job Bank, MN State Recruitment Sources: #Interviews U Type U U 1. KOWZ/FM KOWZ/AM, KRUE-FM 2. Owatonna Peoples’ Press Contact U U Lynn Ketelsen Ron Ensley 3. Minnesota Broadcasters Association Megan Eischen www.minnesotabroadcasters.com U U 4. Minnesota Workforce Center Susan Wold Website http://employer.mnworks.org Address U U Method of Contact U U from Source U 255 Cedardale Drive Owatonna, MN 55060 507-444-9224 4 135 Pearl Street Owatonna, MN 55060 507-451-2840 N/A 3033 Excelsior Blvd, Ste.301 Minneapolis, MN 55416 612-926-8123 N/A 201 Lyndale Avenue, Suite S-1 Faribault, MN 55021 507-333-2047 N/A 209 Wigley Administration Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 507-389-6061 3 507-389-6061 N/A U 5. Minnesota State Mankato Job Board 6. Riverland Community College 6. Personal Referral Pam Weller Human Resources 2200Riverland Dr Riverland Community College Albert Lea, MN 56007 1 SUPPLEMENTAL RECRUITMENT INITATIVES – 2012 KOWZ-FM, KKOR-FM, KRUE-AM Internship. Provided an opportunity for Lydia Yahnke who was attending Hamile for a period of several weeks working with the radio stations helping her develop career skills in broadcasting. She was involved with everything from on-air work, to promotions, production and more. Matt Ketelsen spoke at Brown College about Radio in Greater Minnesota. At this event he was also able to do Mock job interviews with many different students from the school. Matt Ketelsen participated in Junior Achievement. Which is a program designed to help young people learn about their community and business. Craig Stevens is on the PAC board for Sanford-Brown College in Minneapolis/St Paul (Program Advisory Committee) He attends meetings twice a year as an advisor and as a group, they cover - Curriculum Review, Course Conversations, Programs and Career Outcome, Workshops, and Marketing. Craig Stevens participated in Radio Program Grad Reviews -He critique the presentation, resumes, production work, news, on-air presentation, and internet web pages of upcoming graduates. These are twice a year and he helps the grads prepare for their first job outside of school. Brad Kubat of KOWZ, KKOR and KRUE attended a summer Job Fair at Minnesota Sate Mankato. Tours • March 11th 2014 Boy Scout Tour - 14 Scouts - 6pm to 7pm • April 7th 2014 Boy Scout Tour - 6 Scouts - 6pm to 7pm High School Mock Ad Campaign • November 10th Assisted Several Kids with a Mock Advertising Campaign Employment Recruitment Narrative This Employment Unit consists of three radio stations and employs 10 people. Our broadcast service area is partly suburban and partly agricultural-based economy, so we program for both a farm and a non-farm audience. Our employees need to be diverse in their working knowledge of the area, and we seek individuals that will give us the best opportunity to provide information and to serve our listening area. Our recruiting efforts are built to recruit widely throughout our community. We do not have occasion to fill full time vacancies every year. However, our most recent full time hire occurred in December 2013. We have used and are prepared to use job vacancy recruitment sources which are well-known to job seekers in our area: • KOWZ-FM, KKOR, KRUE broadcasts • Newspaper • Local College Campuses • Minnesota Workforce Center • Minnesota Broadcasters Association Job Board Our established 3 radio station cluster broadcasts quality entertainment and informational programming including local news, weather and items of regional significance. Our station formats and broadcast area serve a sizable area and many listeners. We find that job vacancy notices broadcast on our stations reach many people in our broadcast area. The Owatonna Peoples Press is a local newspaper which is widely distributed and read throughout Steele County, Minnesota, where we are located, and beyond. It has been a successful recruitment source. To advertise on local college campuses, we use the Minnesota State University- Mankato Campus Job Board every time that we have an opening and have interviewed many applicants from there. In addition, we have added Riverland Community College to our list of recruitment sources. These nearby colleges enroll a large number of local residents. The Minnesota Workforce Center is a state-sponsored job service with a regional office in our community. It is a widely-used source for people to find out about many types of job openings. The Minnesota Broadcasters Association Job Board is used by people who are specifically looking for work in the broadcast industry. This recruitment source has been successful for recruiting applicants from all corners of the State of Minnesota.