Licensee: Columbus Board of Education
EEO Annual Report: January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011

This EEO Public File Report is filed in WCBE’s public inspection file pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) rules.  If your organization would like information when openings become available with this station, please contact us at (614) 365-5555.

Staff Vacancies

• WCBE had no staff vacancies through this period.

Outreach Activities: January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011
Because WCBE is licensed to a school district, educating youth is core to our mission. Thus, most of the following outreach activities, including our extensive high school and college internship programs, are part of the fulfillment of that mission. Students here do not get coffee or take out the trash; rather, the programs are designed to give each intern or visiting student a broad overview of station operations.

After that overview is obtained, the intern moves into an area of specialization: journalism, marketing, writing, membership, etc. The high school program gives a broader experience over a longer period – each student’s internship runs the course of the school year (September – May). The college internships are more specialized, as these students have a better-defined career focus. The college internships are also shorter, typically lasting one quarter. In both cases, the overall emphasis is to give the intern a true career experience, a taste of the real work of radio.

•  1. Internship program (high school students). WCBE-FM partnered with Columbus City Schools (the Columbus Board of Education is WCBE’s licensee). This has been an ongoing program since 2000 and was in effect throughout the entire 2009 – 2011 reporting period. It was developed and initially coordinated by General Manager Dan Mushalko; other coordination is primarily overseen by membership director/webmaster, Richelle Antczak.
  
  
• 2. Internship Program (college interns). WCBE’s college-level internship program continued for this period. Students in the college intern program were drawn from Ohio State University (ongoing since 2004); Southern Illinois University (Springs since 2008); and Ohio University (Summer 2010). College interns for news were coordinated by station news reporter Mike Foley and news host Alison Holm; other college interns were coordinated by general manager Dan.
  
  
• 3. Career Outreach: Programs partnering with educational institutions (# 10) A. Ohio State University Professional Writing Program Career Seminars: Winter 2010. General manager Dan Mushalko participated in this program. Various industries which rely heavily on writing are represented. The purpose of the seminar is to show potential career paths to undergraduate and graduate students in the university’s professional writing program. WCBE was selected to represent the broadcast industry. We point out how important writing is to our field, from ad copywriters to journalists.
  
  
• 4. Station Tour Program (Scout Career Visits, Student Tours, General Tours)(#11): (throughout reporting period) (coordinated by radio station operator Heather Anderson). The WCBE Station Tour Program began as a way for local scouts to earn credit toward a relevant communications or career merit badge, but has now expanded into tours for all members of the public, including school classes, adults interested in radio careers, “shadow” students, etc. The tours are designed to give a general overview of the radio industry, the different types of careers available in radio (engineering, writing, deejaying, sales, management, and so on), and “behind the scenes” radio operations.
  
  
• 5. Staff Mentoring & Leadership Training Programs (#8, #9) (directed by General Manager Dan Mushalko and licensee’s HR department). All station staff have access to leadership education courses provided by our licensee, the Columbus City Schools.  Additionally, an informal mentoring/management training program was instituted in the Spring of 2008 to provide advice, direction, education and opportunity for management-aspiring staff at WCBE.