WIS

EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT

August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019

I. VACANCY LIST
See Section II, the “Master Recruitment Source List” (“MRSL”) for recruitment source data

Recruitment Sources (“RS”) RS Referring

Job Title
Used to Fill Vacancy Hiree
News Producer 1-23, 25-30, 32-38, 46, 53-55 46
Digital MMJ 1-37, 51, 53 51
News Producer 1-20, 22-23, 25-30, 32-37, 48, 53-56 48
News Producer/Assignment Editor 1-37, 40, 53-54 40
Anchor/Reporter 1-20, 22-23, 25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 51, 51
53-56
News Producer/Digital Content Producer 1-20, 22-23, 25-30, 32-37, 48, 53-56 48
Reporter/MMJ 1-20, 22-23, 25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 53- 29
56
News Producer 1-37 29
Assistant News Director 1-37, 41 41
Digital MMJ 1-37 29
Senior Reporter/MMJ 1-35, 37 29
Reporter/MMJ 1-37 29
News Producer 1-37, 40, 53 40
News Producer 1-34, 36-37, 53-54 29
Account Manager 1-34, 36-37, 46, 53 46
News Producer 1-38, 53-54 38
News Content Specialist 1-35, 37, 50, 53 50
Digital Content Producer 1-37, 50 50
Photographer/MMJ 1-37, 50, 53-54 50
Executive Producer 1-20, 22-23, 25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 50, 50
53-57
Digital Content Manager 1-20, 22-23, 25, 27-30, 32-35, 37, 50, 50
53-57
BIT Engineer 1-20, 22-23, 25, 27-30, 32-34, 36-37, 40
40, 53-57
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EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019

II. MASTER RECRUITMENT SOURCE LIST (“MRSL”)

Source Entitled No. of Interviewees

RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

1 Allen University N
Career Placement Office
1530 Harden Street
Columbia, SC 29204
2 Claflin University N
Career Placement Office
400 Magnolia Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
3 Clinton Jr. College N
Career Placement Office
1029 Crawford Road
Rock Hill, SC 29730
4 Columbia Branch NAACP N
Attn: Lonnie Randolph
P.O. Box 11324
Columbia, SC 29211
5 Columbia College Placement Director N
Career Center
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
6 Columbia Relations Council N
Attn: Henri E. Baskins
P.O. Box 7277
Columbia, SC 29202
7 Columbia Urban League N
Attn: J.T. McLawhorn
P.O. Box 50125
Columbia, SC 29250
8 Denmark Technical College N
Career Placement Center
500 Solomon Blatt Avenue
Denmark, SC 29042
 Source Entitled No. of Interviewees
RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

9 Francis Marion University N

Career Placement Office
P.O. Box 100547
Florence, SC 29501
10 Midlands Technical College N
Attn: Hart Hayden
P.O. Box 2408
Columbia, SC 29202
803-738-7820
11 Morris College N
Career Planning
100 W College Street
Sumter, SC 29150
12 Newberry College N
Attn: Travis Ballenger
1200 College Street
Newberry, SC 29108
13 SC State University N
Career Service Center
300 College Street NE
Orangeburg, SC 29117
14 SCETV Network N
Attn: Personnel Director
1101 George Rogers Blvd
Columbia, SC 29211
15 South University N
Attn: Nicole Williams
9 Science Court
Columbia, SC 29203
lnwilliams@southuniversity.com
16 State Conference NAACP N
Attn: Job Postings
P.O. Box 1148
Columbia, SC 29202
17 University of South Carolina N
School of Journalism & Mass Communications
Columbia, SC 29202
803-777-3347
 Source Entitled No. of Interviewees
RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

18 Voorhees College N
Career Placement Office
P.O. Box 678
Denmark, SC 29042
19 Winthrop College N
217 Johnson Hall
Rock Hill, SC 29733
803-323-4532
20 Arc of the Midlands Y
Attn: Melinda Moore
Employment@ArcMidlands.org
803-693-5746
21 Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) N
http://jobs.aaja.org
*Removed from list on 03/01/2019
22 Collective Talent N
Attn: Michael Billie
billie@michaelsmedia.com
23 Kelli D. Haynes Y
Kellifromdc@gmail.com
24 Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) N
Attn: Rebecca Landsberry
rebeccalandsberry@naja.com
*Removed from list on 01/14/2019
25 SC Vocational Rehabilitation Y
Attn: Tara Blueford-Thigpen
Tbluford-Thigpen@SCVRD.net
26 Talent Dynamics N
Attn: JJ Davis
davis@talentdynamics.com
214-640-3121
*Removed from list on 03/26/2019
27 Westwood High School Y
Attn: Brittany Singleton
bsingleton@richland2.org
803-691-4049 x 36307
28 South Carolina Broadcasting Association N
Attn: Margaret Wallace
1 Harbison Way
Columbia, SC 29212
803-732-1186
 Source Entitled No. of Interviewees
RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

29 Raycom Media Careers – www.raycommedia.com/careers N 24

Gray Television – www.gray.tv/careers
Station Website – www.wistv.com
30 On-Air Recruitment Promo N

31 National Association of Hispanic Journalist (NAHJ) N

http://nahj.hispano.com
*Removed from list on 01/14/2019
32 TV Jobs Website N 1
http://www.tvjobs.com
760-754-8177
33 Media Line Website N
http://www.medialine.com
34 Media Match Website N
http://www.media-match.com
35 Monster.com Website N
http://www.monster.com
36 Zip Recruiter N
http://www.ziprecruiter.com
37 Indeed.com N 2
http://www.indeed.com
38 Linkedin Website N 3
http://www.Linkedin.com
39 American Meteorological Society N
https://careercenter.ametsoc.org
40 Generic Internet Referral N 9
(Other websites that scrape postings)
41 Raycom Recruiter/Gray TV Recruiter N 2
Attn: Ty Carver
Attn: Tammy Phillips
42 Society of Broadcast Engineers N
Attn: Scott Jones
9247 N Meridian Street, Suite 305
Indianapolis, IN 46260
317-846-9000
43 Spots N Dots N
ads@spotsndots.com
 Source Entitled No. of Interviewees
RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

45 TV News Check N
Attn: Patty Hersh
http://www.tvnewscheck.com
910-420-6003
46 WIS Employee Referral N 12

47 WIS Internship Program N

48 Job Fair N 3
(Various)
49 Previous WIS Employee N

50 WIS/Raycom Media/Gray TV Employee N 13

Internal Candidate
51 Word of Mouth N 9
(Non-Employee Referral)
52 The State Newspaper N
1401 Shop Road
Columbia, SC 29201
53 Midlands Society for Social Change Y
Attn: Eugene Washington
eugenewashington@hotmail.com
*Added to Recruitment List on 08/07/2018
54 Babcock Center Y
Attn: Mike Bell
P.O. Box 4389
West Columbia, SC 29170
mbell@babcockcenter.org
803-799-1970 x 207
*Added to Recruitment List on 10/26/2018
55 Be Kind Be Great Y
Attn: Ericka Brown
bekindbegreat@yahoo.com
*Added to Recruitment List on 01/02/2019
56 USC Department of Retailing and the College of Y
Hospitality
Attn: Reenea Harrison, PhD
USC Coliseum Suite 4000-C
Columbia, SC 29207
hrsmretl@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-1263
*Added to Recruitment List on 02/11/2019
 Source Entitled No. of Interviewees
RS to Vacancy Referred by RS
RS Information
Number Notification? Over
(Yes/No) Reporting Period

57 Irmo High School Y

Attn: Tia McDonald, M.Ed, LPC, GCDF
tmcdonald@lexrich5.org
803-476-3057
*Added to Recruitment List on 04/29/2019
TOTAL 78
INTERVIEWEES
OVER
REPORTING
PERIOD
 WIS
EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019

III. RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES

Type of Recruitment Initiative Brief Description of Activity

(Menu Selection)

1 Full-time job postings on minority websites.
All job openings in top EEO categories are posted
with media trade groups whose membership
includes substantial participation by minorities,
including: Columbia Branch NAACP, Columbia
Urban League, State Conference NAACP.

2 Internship Program WIS works in conjunction with various Colleges

and Universities to offer Internship programs in our
News Department for Juniors and Seniors majoring
in broadcast journalism. We had 17 interns during
this reporting period.
Fall Semester– 3 Interns
Spring Semester – 7 Interns
Summer Semester – 7 Interns

3 Provide EEO Training to Management Level EEO Coordinator participated in EEO Training
Personnel provided by Wiley Rein, LLP on 06/20/2019.

4 Participate in Events or Programs Sponsored by 11/19/2018 – USC student shadowed Anchor

Education Institutions Relating to Careers in
12/12/2018 – Georgia Southern student shadowed
Broadcasting
Anchor
02/28/2019 – Anchor was a Guest Professor for a
USC Media Relations Class
03/20/2019 – Columbia International University
student shadowed Anchor
04/09/2019 – Chief Meteorologist spoke at Georgia
Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Workshop
04/22/2019 – USC student shadowed Anchor
5 Broadcasting of outreach recruitment to local WIS airs the below promo, recruiting
organizations regarding job openings. organizations who would like to receive our job
openings.

WIS Television is an equal opportunity employer.

The company is committed to ensuring equal
opportunity and nondiscrimination in every aspect
of its employment practices. All personnel policies
and procedures including recruitment, evaluation,
hiring, promotion, compensation, training, and
termination are made and implemented without
regard to race, color, religion, national origin,
or sex. In addition, WIS managers conduct periodic
reviews of the station’s compliance with EEO
policies and make continuing efforts to exclude all
unlawful forms of prejudice or discrimination from
employment practices.

As part of the station's EEO program, WIS uses a

wide variety of recruitment sources to advertise
open positions. To help us conduct a broad
outreach in filling job vacancies, managers enlist
the help of employees, other Gray Television
business units, and a wide range of community
groups and institutions within our coverage area.
Organizations that would like to receive notices of
open positions at WIS should contact Personnel
Coordinator Stephanie Shealy at 803-758-1251.
WIS also files an annual report on its EEO
recruitment efforts, which is available for public
inspection at WIS during regular business hours and
can be found on our website at wistv.com in the Job
Link section.

6 Job Shadowing Local students spend a day shadowing an employee

to determine if that business offers a future career
path for their interest.

WIS coordinated and accommodated the job

shadows for related topic, graphics, production and
sales for students. There was a total of thirty (30)
students who shadowed employees during the
reporting period.
7 Job Fairs WIS Department Managers participate in job fairs
to introduce themselves to students to discuss
employment trends, outlooks and various types of
employment opportunities the station provides.
WIS has attended three (3) job fairs during this
reporting period.

01/23/2019 – Career Fair – USC School of

Journalism, Columbia Metropolitan Convention
Center
03/25/2019 – Career Fair – University of South
Carolina, Capstone Conference Center
04/03/2019 – Job Fair – South Carolina
Broadcasters Association, Army National Guard
Armory