Cumulus Broadcasting, Bangor, Maine
EEO Public File Report
Period beginning December 1, 2006 until December 1, 2007

 

#1—Station Employment Unit:
Cumulus Media
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412

 

#2—Unit Members: (Stations/Communities of license)
WQCB-Brewer, Maine
WWMJ-Ellsworth, Maine
WDEA-Ellsworth, Maine
WBZN-Old Town, Maine
WEZQ-Bangor, Maine

All Cumulus Media stations are Equal Opportunity Employers.

 

#3—EEO Contact Information for Unit Member:
Paul Dupuis
Operations Manager
Cumulus Media
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412
207-989-5631
paul.dupuis@cumulus.com

 

#4—Full time job vacancies filled for all stations in the Employment Unit:

 

Job Title                                                    Date Filled                                   Recruitment Source

 

News Director                                            12-18-06                                        All Access.com

 

Morning Host, WWMJ                              5-21-07                                          All Access.com

 

Account Executive                                     5-29-07                                          Referred by current employee

 

Account Executive                                     6-25-07                                          University of Maine

 

Account Executive                                     7/19/07                                           All Access.com

 

Account Executive                                     11/2/07                                           Cumulus radio spot

 

#5-Description of Outreach Initiatives

(Description of activities to fulfill the Initiative)

 

First Initiative

 

The Cumulus Broadcasting, Bangor, Maine Internship Program

 

Cumulus Broadcasting lists all Intern availability with: 

 

-The New England School of Communications, Husson College, Bangor, ME
-The University Of Maine, Orono, ME

 

This year, Operations Manager, Paul Dupuis, visited the campuses of both schools, making personal presentations that outline the Internship Program. Our Promotions Director, Michael O’Hara, distributes Job Description flyers and applications. He also created and maintains our active intern program throughout the year. This year, 4 interns participated. (Jolene Ledger, Melanie Marquis, and Brad Spencer ) Their job duties included: assisting the promotions department with remote broadcasts and contests. Working with/job shadowing full time announcers, writing commercial copy, participating in brainstorm sessions, and general office work in each department.

Second Initiative

Many of our local announcers speak at schools about careers in radio broadcasting throughout the school year. The morning announcers from WQCB and WBZN have participating in many “career day events” at middle and high schools across the region. Bangor, Brewer, Corinth, Stratton, Lincoln, )

·         In the Spring Semester, The WQCB Morning team visited the University of Maine and spoke about their careers as well as our internship opportunities.

·         In April, our news director, Jodi Hersey, spent an evening at the New England School of Communications and participating in the News Careers Forum.

·         This spring, Paul Dupuis assisted the New England School of Communications with mock interviews in the senior career prep course.

·         On July 23, Paul Dupuis was a guest speaker at the New England School of Communication’s Maine Media Camp and spoke about the various careers in broadcasting.

·         On July 24th, we gave studio tours to students attending Maine Media Camp in Bangor.

·         Our Operations Manager, Paul Dupuis, is an adjunct instructor at the New England School of Communications.

 

Cumulus also welcomes any organizations that wish to learn more about careers in broadcasting, to tour our facility. This year, we gave numerous tours to

The New England School of Communications, Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, elementary schools, YMCA/YWCA youth groups, and many of our listeners.

 

Third Initiative

 

·         On June 4th, the Morning teams from WQCB and WBZN participating in a region wide career fair at the United Technologies Center in Bangor.

·         On October 25th, Cumulus Media participated in the Maine Career Center’s the 10th annual “Employ Me” job fair from 10 to 2.

 

Cumulus Media lists job openings with:

-Employment One of Bangor, 444 Stillwater Ave, suite 210, Bangor, Me. (Billie-Jo Hope) 947-6945

-The Bangor Career Center, 45 Oak St, Bangor, Me. (Mary Ann Samuels) 1-888-828-0568

-The Bangor Daily News, 491 Main St., Bangor, Me. (Tom Caron) 990-8020

-New England School of Communications, 1 College Cir., Bangor, Me. (Bill Devine) 941-7070

-University of Maine, Department of Communication & Journalism  5724 Dunn Hall Orono, ME 04469 (John Sherblom) 207-581-1283  john@maine.edu

 

-Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116  617-824-8500 (careers@emerson.edu)

 

 

-Allaccess.com

 

-Tvandradiojobs.com

 

 

Report Prepared by Paul Dupuis on   11-29-07

Operations Manager
Cumulus Media Bangor
WQCB/WEZQ/WBZN/WWMJ/WDEA
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412

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Cumulus Broadcasting, Bangor, Maine
EEO Public File Report
Period beginning December 1, 2005 until December 1, 2006

 

#1—Station Employment Unit:
Cumulus Media
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412

 

#2—Unit Members: (Stations/Communities of license)
WQCB-Brewer, Maine
WWMJ-Ellsworth, Maine
WDEA-Ellsworth, Maine
WBZN-Old Town, Maine
WEZQ-Bangor, Maine

All Cumulus Media stations are Equal Opportunity Employers.

 

#3—EEO Contact Information for Unit Member:
Paul Dupuis
Operations Manager
Cumulus Media
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412
207-989-5631
paul.dupuis@cumulus.com

 

#4—Full time job vacancies filled for all stations in the Employment Unit:

  Job Title                                                    Date Filled                                   Recruitment Source

 

WQCB PM Drive Announcer                    12-7-05                                        Bangor Daily News

 

WBZN PM Drive Announcer                    12-31-05                                      All Access.com

 

Account Executive                                     1-23-06                                        Cumulus Radio Spot

 

WEZQ Program Director                           4-10-06                                         In House Promotion

 

WEZQ PM Drive Announcer                    4-27-06                                         Walk-in/former employee

 

Account Executive                                      9-1-06                                          Walk-in

 

#5-Description of Outreach Initiatives

(Description of activities to fulfill the Initiative)

 

First Initiative

 

The Cumulus Broadcasting, Bangor, Maine Internship Program

 

Cumulus Broadcasting lists all Intern availability with: 

 

-The New England School of Communications, Husson College, Bangor, ME
-The University Of Maine, Orono, ME

 

This year, Operations Manager, Paul Dupuis, visited the campuses of both schools, making personal presentations that outline the Internship Program. Our Promotions Director, Michael O’Hara, distributes Job Description flyers and applications. He also created and maintains our active intern program throughout the year. This year, 4 interns participated. (Daniel Judd, Katrina Walls, Heather Burliegh, and Jolene Ledger ) Their job duties included: assisting the promotions department with remote broadcasts and contests. Working with/job shadowing full time announcers, writing commercial copy, participating in brainstorm sessions, and general office work in each department.

Second Initiative

Many of our local announcers speak at schools about careers in radio broadcasting throughout the school year. The morning announcers from WQCB and WBZN have participating in many “career day events” at middle and high schools across the region. Bangor, Brewer, Corinth, Stratton, Lincoln, )

·         In the Spring Semester, The WQCB Morning team visited the University of Maine and spoke about their careers as well as our internship opportunities.

·         In March and October, our news director, Allison Bankston, spent an evening at the New England School of Communications and participating in the News Careers Forum.

·         This spring, I assisted the New England School of Communications with mock interviews in the senior career prep course.

·         Our Operations Manager, Paul Dupuis,  is an adjunct instructor at the New England School of Communications.

 

Cumulus also welcomes any organizations that wish to learn more about careers in broadcasting, to tour our facility. This year, we gave numerous tours to

The New England School of Communications, Brownies, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, elementary schools, YMCA/YWCA youth groups, and many of our listeners.

 

Third Initiative

 

Cumulus Media hosted a job fair (in house) in March.

 

Cumulus Media lists job openings with:

-Employment One of Bangor, 444 Stillwater Ave, suite 210, Bangor, Me. (Dwyane Fox) 947-6945

-The Bangor Career Center, 45 Oak St, Bangor, Me. (Al Coy) 1-888-828-0568

-The Bangor Daily News, 491 Main St., Bangor, Me. (Tom Caron) 990-8020

-New England School of Communications, 1 College Cir., Bangor, Me. (Ben Haskell) 941-7176

-University of Maine, Department of Communication & Journalism  5724 Dunn Hall Orono, ME 04469 (John Sherblom) 207-581-1283  john@maine.edu

 

-Allaccess.com

 

-Tvandradiojobs.com

 

-Easternmainehelpwanted.com

  

Report Prepared by Paul Dupuis on 11-28-06

Operations Manager
Cumulus Media Bangor
WQCB/WEZQ/WBZN/WWMJ/WDEA
PO Box 100
49 Acme Road
Brewer, ME 04412

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