Full-Time Position by Job Title NRG Media, LLC Annual Full-Time Job Vacancies Filled Station KWBG Annual Reporting Period 9/29/2014 to 12/31/2014 To be filed in the public file annually # Interviewed From All Sources Account Executive 2 Radio Ads Recruitment Source of Hiree
Full-Time Position by Job Title Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC Annual Full-Time Job Vacancies Filled Station KWBG Annual Reporting Period 1/1/2015 to 9/30/2015 To be filed in the public file annually # Interviewed From All Sources Account Executive 2 Radio Ads Recruitment Source of Hiree
NRG Media, LLC Annual Recruitment Source Summary Station KWBG Annual Reporting Period 9/30/2014 to 12/31/2014 To be filed in the public file annually Recruitment Source (name, address, phone, contact person) NRG Media Job postings 2875 Mount Vernon Road SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 319.862.0300 main # Interviewed From This Sources Full-Time Positions for Which This Source was Utilized Iowa Broadcasters Website Sue Toma Job Listing Department webmaster@iowabroadcasters.com KWBG Radio Carol Kuster, General Manager 724 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036 Boone News Republican Sue Tolan 2136 East Mamie Boone, IA 50036 515-432-1234 Kwbg.com Carol Kuster, General Manager 724 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036 Des Moines Community College 1125 Hancock Dr Boone, Iowa 50036 Phone : 515-432-7206 Email : nlmoeller@dmacc.edu Iowa State University 208 Carver Ames, Iowa 50011 Phone : 515-294-4111 Email : mba@mbaweb.org Fax : 1-515-294-7446 2 Account Executive
Nancy Rosenquiest Iowa Workforce 718 Eighth Street Boone, Iowa 50036 Phone : 515-432-5806 Email : Kirstin.Born@iwd.iowa.gov Fax : 1-515-432-5403 Kirstin Born
Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC Annual Recruitment Source Summary Station KWBG Annual Reporting Period 1/1/2015 to 9/30/2015 To be filed in the public file annually Recruitment Source (name, address, phone, contact person) Iowa Broadcasters Website Sue Toma Job Listing Department webmaster@iowabroadcasters.com # Interviewed From This Sources Full-Time Positions for Which This Source was Utilized KWBG Radio Carol Kuster, General Manager 724 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036 Boone News Republican Sue Tolan 2136 East Mamie Boone, IA 50036 515-432-1234 Kwbg.com Carol Kuster, General Manager 724 Story Street Boone, Iowa 50036 2 Account Executive
NRG Media, LLC Supplemental Recruitment Activities Annual Reporting Period 9/30/2014 to 12/31/2014 To be filed in the public file annually Supplemental recruitment activities should be detailed as they are completed and appropriate documentation attached. Station : KWBG Date: Activity: N/A Participating Employees: Host/Organizations/Agencies Involved: Brief description of activity and station participation (attach documentation such as correspondence, advertisements, invoices, internal documents, program guidelines, etc.)
Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LLC Supplemental Recruitment Activities Annual Reporting Period 12/1/2015 to 9/30/2015 To be filed in the public file annually Supplemental recruitment activities should be detailed as they are completed and appropriate documentation attached. Station : KWBG Date: March 11, 2015 Activity: Co-sponsored Boone High s 2015 Career Fair with Boone High and the Chamber of Commerce Participating Employees: Carol Kuster, General Manger/Sales Jim Turbes, News Director Host/Organizations/Agencies Involved: Boone Area Chamber of Commerce and Boone High School Brief description of activity and station participation (attach documentation such as correspondence, advertisements, invoices, internal documents, program guidelines, etc.) Businesses from Boone and surrounding counties gathered in the High School Gym to share information on what classes are beneficial when pursuing a career in a particular field. We displayed descriptions of various careers in broadcasting. In addition, we gave a live demonstration by airing live reports from the fair. Value of 1 point for Prong 3 Documentation below
From: Carol Kuster Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 9:33 AM To: 'Billie Dow' Subject: RE: BHS Career Fair Please do From: Billie Dow [mailto:bdow@boone.k12.ia.us] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 7:55 AM To: Carol Kuster Subject: Re: BHS Career Fair Thanks Carol, If it is ok I will use you as my contact person. Billie Dow Director of College & Online classes Boone High School bdow@boone.k12.ia.us 515-433-0890 ext 6230 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Carol Kuster <CKuster@nrgmedia.com> wrote: Hi Billie! Please put KWBG down as a yes! From: Carol Kuster [mailto:carolk@kwbg.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:59 PM To: 'Billie Dow' Subject: RE: Boone High School Career Fair Sure! We can do that. I ll give the information to Jim Turbes, our News Director, and he ll include it in the news. See you then, Billie! Carol Kuster - General Manager, KWBG AM1590 Boone, IA carolk@kwbg.com kwbg.com facebook.com/kwbgam1590 twitter.com/kwbg From: Billie Dow [mailto:bdow@boone.k12.ia.us] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:33 PM To: carolk@kwbg.com Subject: Boone High School Career Fair Hello, I was wondering if you would be able to possible do a message to any businesses interested in participating in this years career fair on March 11 from 8-11 they may contact me at 433-0995 ext 6230 for a table Billie Dow Director of College & Online classes Boone High School bdow@boone.k12.ia.us 515-433-0890 ext 6230 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
Station : KWBG Date: May 11, 2015 Activity: Taught a Class at Sacred Heart Catholic School on radio advertising Participating Employees: Carol Kuster, General Manger/Sales Brief description of activity and station participation (attach documentation such as correspondence, advertisements, invoices, internal documents, program guidelines, etc.) General Manager Carol Kuster worked with 8 th graders to develop writing skills for radio advertising. Value of.25 point for Prong 3 From: Carol Kuster [mailto:carolk@kwbg.com] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 7:38 AM To: 'Cheryl A Runestad' Subject: RE: Sacred Heart Visit to 8th grade? Good morning, Cheryl! Radio is nothing if not flexible!!! It is part of our job to change things on the fly, so I m right with you I could meet with your class on Monday the 11 th at 9:45, but I would have to duck out about 10:50 for an appointment with a client. I have a couple of thoughts: have the students create Public Service Announcements(PSA) for non-profit organizations like the United Way, Relay for Life, etc., and I can play those ads on KWBG; or, perhaps you could use Sacred Heart School as your business! The school has a bank of ads to schedule. We would have to coordinate with Mrs. Eldridge on that one. But I think if the kids could write ads persuading their audience about a Catholic education, it would give them an opportunity to talk about what they really know and even perhaps reinforce their own appreciation for Sacred Heart School!!! If the students choose to write ads for non-profits, I could provide some pretty thorough information for several agencies that are funded by the United Way. With this approach, there would be several different topics upon which the students could write, with the end goal being to persuade our listeners to donate to the Boone County United Way. The PSAs would probably be the most expedient this year since it is pretty tried and true territory. This is the first year for Sacred Heart to have ads to use, and Sue and I haven t yet had the opportunity to put our heads together to determine and exact course of action. Quick Time recordings should be fine, or would you be able to bring them to the radio station to record? Having them come to the studio will give them a better sense of the real-world. Maybe since we are on a bit of a time crunch, the field trip to record could be a goal for next year s class. Should we have a phone conversation to get this all sorted out? And the career day idea for next year sounds good to me! Carol Kuster - General Manager, KWBG AM1590 Boone, IA carolk@kwbg.com kwbg.com facebook.com/kwbgam1590 twitter.com/kwbg From: Cheryl A Runestad [mailto:chrunestad@shboone.com] Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 10:57 AM To: Carol Kuster Subject: Re: Sacred Heart Visit to 8th grade?
Carol, First let me apologize because I m thinking this unit through this unit all over again and changing my plans because of some changes that we had to make this week. So... My brain is a bit scrambled... I m hoping you can at least help me by guiding me, informing me, or shutting me down. :) This week is a tough week, but that week of the 11th would be great the 11th would really be great if possible. I have them from 9:45-11:15. Here is my background thoughts for what we re doing just in case you can help me out. :) We ve had a big change in our schedules this week so I m scrambling to finish the unit I m in plus this Junior achievement program we are doing as of this week. So, if this doesn t work this year, maybe we can plan it better for next year. And... since this is your profession, maybe you can help me out with suggestions to make it an even better unit. My original thought was to have you visit and share with us what you look for in putting together a radio ad the time limit, what information is needed, how you edit and cut etc.? Then I was going to have the students create an advertisement my dream thought, was to make this real world and have it put on the radio, but we don t have a television or radio station like the middle school and high school, so I was also going to ask you about the guidelines for getting your radio station to play them? Then the more I thought about things, the more I realized that because I chose local businesses, maybe we couldn t do that because of financial guidelines, rules, FCC rules etc. Maybe this is where you can give me ideas. :). I tend to think pretty big for these kids, but they ve now been published by Petco, Skyped with authors, and participated in several Global read alouds. They ve even Skyped a lesson with a historical museum in Virginia, so I guess it doesn t hurt to try the bigger ideas. Anyway, Maybe if you don t have the time for coming over, we can Skype with you or someone else at the radio station like a virtual field trip. If that s a quicker process, we re up for it. If this doesn t work for this year, maybe you can send me a quick few answers to those questions I stated earlier in the email? What the end goal is... I have the students creating radio ads for several businesses around Boone. We will use Quick Time to record them and then I was hoping to publish them but that s where I get stumped. I had thought about putting them on our School Facebook page but I don t know about advertising laws. My only other thought was to play them on the morning announcements in our school; this is the easiest solution, but easiest is not usually my first thought process, and it just came to me as I was putting this email together. I have been thinking about this for a couple years now and the Common Core wants real world experiences, so I wanted to see what I could do with the radio station as far as this unit is concerned. I appreciate your thoughts, your brainstorming with me, and/or even just giving me the information needed to create these ads and be done with it for this year. Another thought I had for next year s Career day was having an 8th grader shadow someone at the radio station and then present what they learned about the business on Career day. What do you think about that? Thank you for all your help, Cheryl Runestad Sacred Heart School On 5/1/15 7:58 AM, "Carol Kuster" <carolk@kwbg.com> wrote: I would love to help! But, it depends on when you would need me. Next week is out, but I could be available May 11-15, or even the week after. Just let me know how I can help Carol Kuster - General Manager, KWBG AM1590 Boone, IA carolk@kwbg.com kwbg.com <http://www.kwbg.com/> facebook.com/kwbgam1590 <http://www.facebook/kwbgam1590> twitter.com/kwbg <http://twitter.com/#!/kwbg> From: Cheryl A Runestad [mailto:chrunestad@shboone.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 6:18 AM To: carolk@kwbg.com Subject: Sacred Heart Visit to 8th grade? Carol, I am working on an advertising unit with my 8th graders at Sacred Heart. They are currently working on creating their own cereal box, and then we re going to create a radio commercial. I was going to talk to a couple of local businesses to see if we could use their business, but I haven t gotten that far yet. Would you be interested in coming and talking to us about all the aspects of creating a radio add? The financial part of it, the making of it, and the behind the scenes part of it? We would also like to walk over an visit if that s possible to see how commercials are made. Please let me know if you are interested in participating with us. I appreciate your time, Cheryl Runestad ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Station : KWBG Date: June 25, 2015 Activity: General Manager attended training as to methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and preventing discrimination. Participating Employees: Carol Kuster, General Manger Host/Organizations/Agencies Involved: Iowa Broadcaster s Association Brief description of activity and station participation (attach documentation such as correspondence, advertisements, invoices, internal documents, program guidelines, etc.) Gene LaSuer of Davis Brown Law Firm presented a seminar on hiring, which included instruction on asking questions without discrimination, the importance of reference checks, proper documentation for background checks on application forms. Value of 1 point for Prong 3