EEO | Neuhoff Media Springfield

Equal Employment Opportunity Program
Annual Report
Neuhoff Media – Springfield LLC

WFMB-AM/WFMB-FM/WCVS-FM/WXAJ-FM
Springfield, Illinois
August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023

Full-Time Vacancies

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

Account Executive
On-Air Personality
Account Executive
Account Executive

Interview Sources

Total Number of Persons Interviewed:

Sources of Interviews Conducted:

Position	Job Title	Date Filled	Applicants Interview Sources	Recruitment Sources Used	Referral Source of Hired Employee
1	Account Executive	8/1/2022	27, 35 There were 2 interviews conducted.	1, 17, 27, 30, 31, 35	27
2	On-Air Personality	9/1/2022	19, 27 There were 2 interviews conducted.	17, 19, 27	27
3	Account Executive	11/14/2022	1, 17, 31 There were 3 interviews conducted.	1, 15, 17, 20, 30, 31, 35	31
4	Account Executive	2/20/2023	1, 31 There were 2 interviews conducted.	1, 17, 30, 31, 35	1

Recruitment Sources of Employee Notices

1	On Air Announcements: WFMB-FM/AM, WXAJ-FM, WCVS-FM	3055 S. 4^th 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 50^th 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. 48^th 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 22^nd 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 9^th 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 11^th 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 Springfield – Social Media Accounts	Neuhoff Media-Springfield 3055 S 4^th Street Springfield, IL. 62703	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 4^th Street Springfield, IL	Michele Mitchell 217-528-3033
36	Neuhoff Media Facebook page	Facebook.com/neuhoffmedia	Michele Mitchell 217-528-3033
37	Neuhoff Media Linkedin page	https://www.linkedin.com/company/1793838/admin/feed/posts/	Michele Mitchell 217-528-3033

EEO Narrative

Neuhoff Media Springfield, LLC

University of Indianapolis – Career Fair
On April 13, 2023, Neuhoff Media President/CEO Mike Hulvey participated in the Career Fair on campus in Indianapolis. A group of students met directly with Mr. Hulvey and NM-Lafayette OM Joe Lacey., they were informed of the opportunities that were available within the industry in general, at all the Neuhoff facilities specifically related to their field of study. These students included sales, news, sports, announcing, video, and digital related interests. There were forty students participating in the program. A student was hired by the company directly from this program.

Neuhoff Summer Media Camp
This annual program featured 12 students attending the week of June 19^h, 2023, at the Danville Area Community College. The program focused on 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 and public relations. Participates were told of employment opportunities in the each of the Neuhoff markets. This was the 27th year of the program, the Summer Media Camp is directly responsible for several current or past staff members across the company.

Illinois Broadcasters Association Job Board
Neuhoff Media routinely lists each upper-level opening in a job bank or newsletter of a media trade group with a broad-based membership, including participation of women and minorities, such as the Illinois Broadcasters Association.

Eastern Illinois University – 2023 Media Internship and Job Fair
This event was held Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Neuhoff Media’s VP Content/Digital Strategy; Michele Mitchell and Digital Specialist, Thomas Gismondi attended the event and spoke to students about job and internship opportunities at Neuhoff Media. Approximately 100 students attended the event.

Broadcast Education Association – Career Program
Neuhoff Media President/CEO, Mike Hulvey participated on a panel discussion with a group of 130 students on April 17th^th at the NAB/RAB event in Las Vegas. These students included Illinois State University, along with University of Indianapolis. Mr. Hulvey provided information to the group about career development, industry trends and specific opportunities inside Neuhoff. A student from Illinois State University was highlighted during the presentation who was working part-time with our Bloomington staff.

National Association of Broadcasters – Mentor Match-up
On Tuesday, April 18^th, Neuhoff Media President/CEO presented to a group of students at the annual conference of the BEA. This “Mentor Match-Up” allowed a group of 10 students to interact with Mr. Hulvey on a wide range of topics related to a career path in the broadcasting industry. Specific topics related to opportunities in sales, on-air, support roles and radio’s future were all covered in the session.

University of Indianapolis – Student Interviews
On May 10^th, Vice President Mike Shamus represented Neuhoff Media at the University of Indianapolis, conducting a series of interviews with students from the media school. Mr. Shamus spent 30 minutes with each student reviewing the academic work, their student projects and discussing their specific desires to gain full-time employment within the industry. A student who was interviewed in this process did accept a position in a Neuhoff market because of our participation.

Senior Leadership Team EEO Training Program
Annually the Neuhoff Leadership Team is provided with training on best practices concerning equal employment opportunities. We also provide training for our staff in the prevention of discrimination, harassment, and other related matters. The video-based training was completed by 11/30/2022.

Channel1450.com Internship Program
Channel1450.com hosted an intern from Williamsville High School throughout the 2022-2023 school year. This intern had the opportunity to shoot high school game footage for Channel1450.com for multiple sports throughout Central Illinois during school year.