Activity: Mentorship Program
Date: March 2004 - April 2005
Participating Employees: VP/General Manager, Market Controller,
Director of Sales, KNBR/KTCT General Sales Manager, Music
Director, KSAN Marketing Director
Host/Sponsor and Location: Corporate-wide program
Type of Activity: Establishment of a mentoring program to
enable station personnel to improve their skills to qualify
for higher positions.
Description of Activity: Mentoring program matched individual
employees with an appropriate mentor for an ongoing relationship.
The purpose of the program is for employees to develop and
expand their skills sets and provide career development opportunities.
Activity: National Association of Broadcasters
Radio Show Job Fair
Date: October 6, 2004
Participating Employees: Human Resources Manager, Director
of Interactive Media
Host/Sponsor and Location: NAB, San Diego, CA
Type of Activity: Job Fair attended by station staff with
hiring authority.
Description of Activity: Operated a booth to greet Job Fair
participants, answered questions about broadcasting careers
and internships, solicited and accepted resumes. "Careers
in Radio" DVD presented at Job Fair.
Activity: Career Night
Date: December 22, 2004
Participating Employees: Director of Sales, Director of Business
Operations, KFOG Marketing Director, Network Administrator,
KNBR AE, Assistant PD KNBR, Executive Producer KNBR, Intern
Program Coordinator
Host/Sponsor and Location: In-house
Type of Activity: Participation in activities designed by
the station employment unit that further the goal of disseminating
information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting
to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.
Description of Activity: Invited individuals from station
events and college campus visits to a Career Night. Presentations
were made by Sales, Finance, Programming, Engineering, Marketing,
and Promotions, discussing the various functions in the operation
of a radio station. Participants were given a tour and a visit
to the Razor & Mr T program. The purpose was to educate
individuals on career opportunities at the stations and in
the broadcasting industry.
Activity: Job Shadow Day
Date: March 16, 2005
Participating Employees: KNBR Program Director
Host/Sponsor and Location: KNBR
Type of Activity: Participation in activities designed by
the station employment unit that further the goal of disseminating
information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting
to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.
Description of Activity: Job Shadow Day for Albany High School
students. The KNBR Program Director served as the Mentor to
the students and provided an orientation, gave an overview
of the career options available in broadcasting, and toured
the students through the facilities.
Activity: EEO Compliance Seminars
Date: April 11, 2005
Participating Employees: Public Affairs Director, Human Resources
Manager
Host/Sponsor and Location: California Broadcasters Association
- Monterey, CA
Type of Activity: Training to management as to methods of
ensuring equal employment opportunities.
Description of Activity: Training session included methods
of ensuring equal employment opportunities, recruiting strategies
and preventing discrimination.
Activity: National Association of Broadcasters
Job Fair
Date: April 20, 2005
Participating Employees: Human Resources Manager
Host/Sponsor and Location: NAB in Las Vegas
Type of Activity: Job Fair attended by station staff with
hiring authority.
Description: Operated a booth to greet Career Fair participants,
answered questions about broadcasting careers, solicited and
accepted resumes, and provided information about specific
career opportunities in radio.
Activity: Management & Programming Staff
Training
Date: May 11 & 12, 2005
Participating Employees: All On Air Talent, Program Directors,
and Management staff.
Host/Sponsor and Location: Training provided by Learning Solutions
Alliance, San Francisco
Type of Activity: Training provided to management-level personnel
on how to prevent discrimination.
Description of Activity: Training to develop and reinforce
the behaviors and skills of on-air talent and management team
to effectively relate with diverse audiences in different
situations.
Activity: Career Day for the Towne School
Date: June 1, 2005
Participating Employees: Director of Sales, General Manager,
Director of Business Operations, Director of Engineering,
Director of Interactive Media, KSAN Local Sales Manager, KFOG
Local Sales Manager, KNBR Program Director, KSAN Morning On
Air Talent, KSAN Director of Marketing.
Host/Sponsor and Location: In-house
Type of Activity: Participation in activities designed by
the station employment unit that further the goal of disseminating
information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting
to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.
Description of Activity: Career Day for Towne School students.
The students were given an orientation and watched the "Careers
in Radio" DVD developed in-house to educate students
on broadcasting career paths. Presentations were made by the
different business units (Sales, Marketing, Business, Talent,
Programming) and students were given a tour of the facility.
Activity: Emma Bowen Internship Program
Date: June 1 - July 15, 2005
Participating Employees: Human Resources Manager, Director
of Business Operations, Producer KNBR
Host/Sponsor and Location: Sponsorship of intern through the
Emma Bowen Foundation.
Type of Activity: Participation in scholarship program designed
to assist members of the community to acquire skills needed
for broadcast employment.
Description of Activity: An internship program established
by the media industry to increase access to permanent job
opportunities for minority students. The intern worked full
time during the internship and learned various areas of the
business, specifically promotions and business operations.
Student receives compensation as well matching funds in the
form of a scholarship.
Activity: College Internship Program
Date: August 1, 2004 - July 15, 2005
Participating Employees: Internship Program Coordinator
Host/Sponsor and Location: In-house
Type of Activity: Intern program designed to assist members
of the community to acquire skills needed for broadcast employment.
Description of Activity: Ongoing internship program established
to provide on-the-job training opportunities to college students
where they can learn about career paths in the radio industry.
Interns work in the following departments: business operations,
promotions, sales, and programming.
