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WDAY(AM), WDAY-TV, Fargo, North Dakota
EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
December 1, 2006-November 30, 2007 1
I. VACANCY LIST
See Section II, the "Master Recruitment Source List" ("MRSL") for recruitment source data
Recruitment Sources ("RS") RS Referring
Job Title
Used to Fill Vacancy Hiree
WDAY TV News Photographer 1-5, 11,23 1
WDAY AM Traffic 1- 10, 16, 20, 23 4
WDAY News Reporter/Photographer 1-11, 16, 23 2
WDAY News Photographer 1-7, 9-12, 16, 19, 20, 23 4
WDAY Sales Trainee & Assist. 1-10, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23 10
WDAY TV Morning News Producer 1-12, 16, 19, 20, 23 10
WDAY Web Producer 1-11, 16, 19, 20, 23 5
WDAY Production Director 1-16, 19, 21, 22 10
WDAY AM Sales Rep 1-10, 16-18, 20, 23 1
WDAY AM Sales Rep 1-10, 16-18, 20, 23 1
WDAY AM Sales Rep 1-10, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23 4
WDAY TV Morning Co-Anchor 1-12, 16, 19, 20, 23 1
WDAY AM General Sales Manager 1-7, 14, 17, 19-22 17
WDAY TV Morning Anchor/Producer 1-12, 14-16, 18, 19, 21, 22 11
WDAY TV Photographer 1-12, 14-16, 18, 19, 21, 22 11
WDAY TV Account Exec. 1-11, 14-16, 19, 21, 22 4
WDAY AM Sales Rep 1-8, 10, 14-16, 18, 19, 21, 22 1
WDAY Chief Engineer 1-11, 14-19, 21, 22 1
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This report provides recruitment data collected from November 21, 2003 through November 20, 2004.
WDAY(AM), WDAY-TV, Fargo, North Dakota
II. MASTER RECRUITMENT SOURCE LIST ("MRSL")
No. of
Source Entitled Interviewees
RS to Vacancy
RS Information Referred by RS
Number Notification? over
(Yes/No) reporting period
1 Internal Posting WDAY AM & TV N 0
Susan Eider, Contact (701) 237-6500
PO Box 2566
Fargo, ND 58108
2 Internal Posting WDAZ TV N 1
Office Mgr, Contact (701) 775-7511
PO Box 12639
Grand Forks, ND 58201
3 Internal Posting WDAZ TV, Devils Lake N 0
Office Mgr, Contact (701) 662-8188
PO Box 775
Devils Lake, ND 58107
4 Forum Communications Company Website/JOBS HQ N 29
Kate Freimanis, Contact (701) 241-5550
PO Box 2020
Fargo, ND 58107
5 Internal Corporate e-mail listing N 1
Kate Freimanis, Contact (701) 241-5550
PO Box 2020
Fargo, ND 58107
6 Sitting Bull College N 0
Dir., Placement Services, Contact (701) 854-3861
1341 92nd Street
Fort Yates, ND 58538
7 United Tribal Technical College N 0
Melvin White Eagle, Contact (701) 255-3285
3315 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
8 American Women in Radio & Television N 0
Web-site: www.awrt.org
Job Bank listing by membership
8405 Greensboro Dr., Suite 800
McLean, VA 22102
9 National Television Academy N 0
Web-site: www.emmyonline.org
Job Bank, listing by membership, Contact (212) 586-8241
111 West 57th St., Suite 600/New York/NY 10019
No. of
Source Entitled Interviewees
RS to Vacancy
RS Information Referred by RS
Number Notification? over
(Yes/No) reporting period
10 The Forum, daily newspaper N 40
Manager Classified Ads, Contact (701) 241-5550
PO Box 2020
Fargo, ND 58107
11 Broadcast Employment Services N 8
Web-site: www.tvjobs.com
Job listing by registration, Contact (760) 754-8117
PO Box 4116
Oceanside, CA 92052
12 Medialine N 0
Web-site: www.medialine.com
Customer Support, listings, Contact 800-237-8073
PO Box 51909
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
13 Broadcast Engineering/Primedia Business N 0
Jennifer Shafer, Contact 800-896-9939
9800 Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, KS 66212
14 MN State University at Moorhead N 0
Chairman, Mass Comm Dept., Contact (218) 477-2983
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56560
15 The Grand Forks Herald (daily newspaper) N 5
Manager, Classified Ads
(701) 780-1100
375 Second Ave. North
Grand Forks, ND 58201
16 University of North Dakota N 0
Chairman, Journalism Dept.
(701) 777-2011
Grand Forks, ND 58201
17 Word of mouth referral N 3
18 NAB Job Bank N 0
Careerpage.org
1771 N Street, NW
Washington, DC
(202) 429-5424
No. of
Source Entitled Interviewees
RS to Vacancy
RS Information Referred by RS
Number Notification? over
(Yes/No) reporting period
19 North Dakota Broadcasters Association N 0
Beth Helfrich, Exec. Dir.
PO Box 3178
Bismarck, ND 58502
(701) 258-1332
20 ND St. College of Science/Career Services N 0
800 8th Street North
Wahpeton, ND 58076
1-800-342-4325
21 Brown College Y 0
Amber Luckie
(651) 905-3400
1440 Northland Drive
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
22 Internal Posting-KBMY-TV-GM N 0
PO Box 7277/Bismarck, ND 58501
(701) 223-1700
23 Bismarck Tribune N 0
Kathy.White@Bismarcktribune.com
Bismarck, North Dakota 59501
24 Radio Ad/on-air N 0
Program Director
WDAY AM 970
(701) 237-6500
25 Job Fair Spring/Fall N 2
Forum Communications Company
Sue Wiger (701) 241-5419
TOTAL INTERVIEWEES: 89
WDAY(AM), WDAY-TV, Fargo, North Dakota
III. RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES
TYPE OF RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
(MENU SELECTION)
1 Corporate Sponsored Job Fairs WDAY helped sponsor and was represented at
Forum Communications Company's annual job
2 sponsored
fairs, licensee of WDAZ. The first job fair took
place March 29, 2007, at the Ramada Inn Fargo,
ND from 10a-4pm. The Company's HR
department hosted a resume review table from
9am-3pm during the Job Fair. 89 companies had
representatives and booths and 950 job seekers.
The second job fair took place September 25th at
the Ramada Inn Fargo, ND from 10a-4pm. The
Company's HR department hosted a resume
review table from 9am-3pm during the Job Fair..
Attendance was 450 job seekers.
2 Internship Program WDAY is dedicated to helping prepare
students for careers in electronic media
through cooperative education programs
with colleges and universities. Toward
this end, Forum Communications
Company has offered an on-going
internship program in various
departments. These departments include:
news, sports, production and sales. The
internships involve learning, observing
and working within the assigned
department for a full college/university
semester. The internship total hours vary
with the number of credits the learning
institution offers for an internship. The
following educational institutions were
contacted about internships: Minnesota
State University at Moorhead, North
Dakota State University, Concordia
College, Moorhead, MN, University of
North Dakota. Two internships were
offered in television production. One
was between Jan-May for 8 credit hours.
One began in September and runs
through December for 6 credit hours.
Exhibit #3
Narrative Statement:
WDAY, licensee of Forum Communications Company, has made every
effort to outreach during this year. For each full-time position the station
has:
A) Posted at all broadcast properties
B) Posted on corporate website
C) Listed on a job link associated with the website
D) E-mailed to current employees
E) Posted on American Women in Radio and Television website
F) Sent to the two Native American Colleges in the state United Tribes
Technical College and Sitting Bull College
WDAY normally places an ad in the regional daily newspapers, The Forum
and The Grand Forks Herald. Also, each opening is sent to area universities
and colleges as well as the National Association of Broadcasters website
If the opening necessitates a broader search, WDAY will advertise in trade
magazines and specific websites.
WDAY feels its outreach effort has been and continues to be effective as we
review the interviewed candidates and persons hired for full-time job
opportunities.