Equal Employment Opportunity

Public File Report
WSHU-AM, Westport, CT
WSHU-FM, Fairfield, CT
WSUF-FM, Noyak, NY
Recruitment Activity Summary
December 1, 2006 - November 30, 2007

This EEO Public File Report is filed in the public inspection files for FCC Licensed Stations WSHU(AM); WSHU-FM, and WSUF(FM), referred to collectively as ‘WSHU Public Radio’, pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") rules.

1. Total Full-Time Vacancies: 3 - Total Part Time Vacancies: 2

2. Total Applicants for the Full-Time Vacancies: 50

3. Total Interviews for the Full-Time Vacancies:  28

4. Recruitment Sources available:   

Organization Location
Asnuntuck Comm. Tech. College Enfield, CT 06082
Baran Institute of Technology E. Windsor, CT 06095
C.C.S.U. New Britain, CT 06053
Capital Workforce Hartford, CT 06120
United Svc. Inc. Career Options Program Willimantic, CT 06226
Career Transition Services New London, CT 06320
Cleveland Institute of Electronics Cleveland, OH 44144
Columbia University New York, NY 10027
Conn. Broadcasters Assoc. 90 South Park St., Willimantic, CT 06226
Connecticut College New London, CT 06320
Conn. Dept. of Labor Willimantic, CT 06226
Conn. Job Bank DOL Middletown, CT 06457
Conn. School of Broadcasting Farmington, CT 06032
Conn. State Conference of NAACP Waterbury, CT 06704
CT Employment Service Hartford, CT 06106
Dept. of Labor Job Center Middletown, CT 06457
E.C.S.U. Willimantic, CT 06226
Joblink Bridgeport, CT 06604
Middlesex Comm. Tech College Middletown, CT 06457
N.E. Inst. Of Technology Warwick, RI 02886
Naugatuck Valley Comm. College Waterbury, CT 06708
Norwalk Community Tech. College Norwalk, CT 06854
Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 06518
S.C.S.C. New Haven, CT 06115
Sacred Heart University; Media Studies Fairfield, CT
Sacred Heart University; Career Development Fairfield, CT
Sacred Heart University; Information Technology Fairfield, CT
Sacred Heart University; University College Fairfield, CT
Sacred Heart University; School of Business Fairfield, CT
Society of Professional Journalists Indianapolis, IN 48208
Springfield Tech. Comm. College Springfield, MA 01102
Univ. of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06001
Univ. of Hartford Career Center Hartford, CT 06117
W. C. S. U. Danbury, CT 06810



5 a. Recruitment of “Underwriting Sales Representative” (full time)
 Candidate  Source  Rater 1  Rater 2  Steps Taken  Final
   Referral        
 1.  SHU Web site  Possible  Must Interview  Phone Interview  
 2.  NPR Job Board  Must Interview  Must Interview  Interviewed  Hired
 3.  CPB Jobs in Public Broadcasting  Possible  Not Suitable    
 4.  Connecticut Post  Must Interview  Must Interview  Interviewed  
 5.  SHU Web site  Not Suitable  Not Suitable    
 6.  WSHU Web site  Possible  Must Interview    
 7.  Staff Referral  Must Interview  Must Interview  Interviewed  
 8.  Connecticut Post  Possible  Possible  Phone Interview  

5 b. Recruitment of “News Reporter” (full time)
 Candidate  Source  Rater 1  Rater 2  Steps Taken  Final
 1.  Staff referral  Must interview  Must interview  Interviewed, air check  Hired
 2.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 3.  Staff referral  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 4.  Word of mouth  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  
 5.  Columbia J-school  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 6.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 7.  Word of mouth  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 8.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 9.  SHU Web site  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 10.  Columbia J-school  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 11.  Columbia J-school  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 12.  SHU Web site  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  Withdrew
 13.  Columbia J-school  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 14.  In house  Possible  Possible    

5 c. Recruitment of “Program Host/Reporter” (full time)
 Candidate  Source  Rater 1  Rater 2  Steps Taken  Final
 1.  Columbia J-school  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  Hired
 2.  SHU Web site  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  Withdrew
 3.  SHU Web site  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 4.  Columbia J-school  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 5.  CPB Jobs in Public Broadcasting  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  
 6.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 7.  Staff referral  Not suitable  Possible    
 8.  WSHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 9.  Staff referral  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 10.  SHU Web site  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 11.  In house  Possible  Possible    
 12.  Staff referral  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  
 13.  Staff referral  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 14.  AIR  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  
 15.  Staff referral  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 16.  CPB Jobs in Public Broadcasting  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  Offered/declined
 17.  In house  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 18.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 19.  WSHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable  Withdrew  
 20.  Staff referral  Strong  Strong  Interviewed, air check  
 21.  Staff referral  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 22.  Staff referral  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 23.  Staff referral  Possible  Possible  Interviewed, air check  
 24.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 25.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Possible    
 26.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 27.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    
 28.  SHU Web site  Not suitable  Not suitable    

Summary by source:

 Source  Description  Host  Reporter  Underwriting
 WSHU web  WSHU Website (www.wshu.org)  2  2  1
 SHU HR  Sacred Heart University Web site (www.sacredheart.edu)  5  10  2
 NEIT  New England Institute of Technology      
 NPR  National Public Radio Job Listings (www.npr.org)      1
 CPB  Corporation for Public Broadcasting (www.cpb.org)    2  1
 NAB  National Association of Broadcasters      
 Columbia J-school  Columbia School of Journalism  3  2  
 AIR  Association of Independents in Radio    1  
 Current  Current Newspapers      
 CT Post  Connecticut Post Newspaper      2
 Staff Referral  Referred by current WSHU Staff  2  9  1
 In House  Current WSHU staff member seeking promotion  1  2  
 Monster  Monster.com      
 CT's Job Bank  Connecticut Job Bank/Connecticut Department of Labor      
 Cold Call  Unknown  1    
         
 Total Applicants (50)  14  28  8

6. Supplemental Information:
Exhibit B contains a list and brief description of outreach initiatives undertaken pursuant to the FCC's EEO rules during the time period covered by this report.

7. EEO Station Contact:
George Lombardi, General Manager
Phone: (203) 365-6604, E-mail: George Lombardi

WSHU Public Radio Group EEO information for 2006
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