EEO

EEO Report , 2023

In 2023, PMJ Communications, WLEA/WCKR, had two control board operators, Will Pirtle and Jarred Kiefer.  Pirtle did sports related control board work in the late winter/early spring, leaving us to take a job elsewhere.  Jarred Kiefer started work for us in July, doing control board work, usually on Sunday mornings, to play the WABC Show, The Cats Roundtable.  Marissa Warriner came in to our radio stations, usually about once per month, to do occasional book keeping duties.  Brian O’Neil continued in 2023 as music programmer for WCKR, News Director for WLEA, anchoring newscasts, hosting the WLEA Newsmaker Show, a 25 minute local morning show focused on local news, politics as well as some state and national political analysis from elected officials and local college professors.  Glenn Lee, who has been with our company since 1979, performs Operation Manager and Commercial Traffic/Billing duties.  Seth Neal did an internship during the summer, helping to develop ads for our website. Todd Burritt was our sales manager throughout 2023, and was assisted by Bonnie Willey and David Prete.  David Prete also did a weekend sports show from January 2023 until November 2023, when he left the show hosting duties.  Everett Davison started in October, doing reporter duties, covering local town/village meetings.

EEO 2022 REPORT  (posted May 6, 2022)

Wlea and Fun 92.1 Wckr is a family owned company offering an opportunity for a self-motivated sales person to sell our radio, digital and print content. This is a paid part time position at minimum wage of $13.20 hourly with commissions, and it could lead to full time employment.

Experience is desired in some field of sales especially multimedia. You must be a self-starter needing little supervision to accomplish tasks or goals, possess digital literacy and have an interest in radio, online and print booklets. You must be at least 18 years of age and a local resident of Steuben, Livingston or Allegany county as some of the work is office based.

This is a tremendous opportunity in our local market. Remote work is fine except for necessary in person training and office work and sales calls- many sales can be done remotely.

Join our team.

Contact via email: toddwckr@gmail.com or call 1-607-324-1480.

PMJ Communications is an EEO employer.

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EEO 2021 REPORT #2 (written December 7 2021)

STEUBEN COUNTY, NY – WLEA and Fun 92.1, WCKR Radio in Hornell New York, need a control board operator to play commercials during ballgames.  This is a good, entry level job for someone who is seeking work in the media.  If you are an aspiring sports announcer, this would be a great start, as you’ll be on the phone with our local play by play announcers during games, mostly during the commercial breaks (off the air).  This job duty would give you a great sense of how to announce sports on the radio.  Other duties include playing the commercials during Buffalo Bills games.  This job could eventually and possibly turn into other duties (news reporter and sports play by play).  Knowledge of Adobe Audition and other programs is helpful.  We are seeking local applicants only.  Interested?  Please email us at: newsroom@wlea.net.                PMJ Communications is an equal opportunity employer.

 

EEO 2021 REPORT (written June 4 2021)

HORNELL, NY – WLEA Radio needs a part time control board worker for summer ballgames, at our Ashbaugh Hill Studios. This person will be responsible for playing commercials during the pre-post game shows, also during time outs and in between innings, throughout the games. This is a good entry-level position for anyone with an interest in broadcasting. Must be at least 16 years old have transportation to and from the radio station. The first game is Friday June 11. If interested, please email: newsroom@wlea.net.
PMJ Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

EEO 2021 REPORT (written May 2021)

WLEA Radio in the Steuben County City of Hornell, New York, is looking for a part time reporter.  The reporter would be responsible for providing a full write up of the meeting, and any interesting cell phone clips.  Stories would be emailed to WLEA News, where the news director would post the stories online, and read the stories on-air.  This would be an interesting part time job for a local resident with a passion for news and writing, or someone in the region, with radio ambitions who would like to move on to markets like Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, etc.  Reporters have moved on from this market to those places, and bigger.  Though Hornell is in a small radio market and this is a part time, you’ll be occasionally covering visits made to the area by the Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, etc, and those names always look good on a news resume anywhere (one of our former employees now works for Fox News Radio (see wlea.net’s announcer alumni page).

You would cover the following beats:

Hornell School Board

North Hornell Village

Hornellsville Town Board

Canisteo Town Hall

Canisteo Village Hall

Canisteo-Greenwood School Board

Arkport Village Board

Arkport Central School Board

Hartsville Town Board

Please email resume/references, and writing samples if you have them, to: newsroom@wlea.net    PMJ Communications is an equal opportunity employer.

 

EEO 2020 REPORT (written March 2020)

AM 1480 WLEA Radio, is looking for a reporter to cover local meetings.

Job duties will include the following local beats:

Canisteo Town Hall meetings
Canisteo Village Hall meetings
Canisteo-Greenwood School Board meetings
Arkport Village Hall meetings
Hornellsville Town Board meetings
Stories will be posted on Wlea.net and emailed to the news anchor in the Wlea radio studio.

Additional duties will include covering occasional public appearances by Governor Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Congressman Tom Reed, State Senators Tom O’Mara, George Borrello (we’re talking about their appearances in Hornell and Alfred and the surrounding towns). Also, if the situation calls for it, Wlea will live stream the video of town meetings. Because of the Covid-19 situation, in the beginning, meetings will be covered by phone/email. After the Covid-19 situation subsides, the reporter will go out and get video/pix of town meetings. Also, PMJ Communications is not paying for candidates to relocate.

To contact us, send an email of your demo, writing samples to: manage.pmjcommo@gmail.com

PMJ Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

 

EEO 2019 REPORT (written Feb 2020)
The year began, with Brendan Doran’s return to the area, and taking over as General Manager. During the past year, PMJ Communications hired Joel Oriend for once a week (Fridays) control board work for Wckr, 92.1, to assist Brian O’Neil, who works on the average, a 13 hour day, plus weekends. During the year 2019, we were in contact with local colleges, about potential/possible future openings.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-www.wlea.net and www.wckr.com, allaccess.com, radioandtvjobs.com, and our two Facebook pages, with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by Brendan Doran, GM

 

EEO Report for 2018
In the beginning of January, 2018, Don Schimizzi took over as General Manager, and stayed on until April. Afterwards, owner Mary Margaret Doran’s son Brendan became involved with the family owned radio business, PMJ Communications, Brendan took over for Andrew Doran, Andrew became involved in the business in a consulting position in October 2015, after longtime owner Kevin Doran’s death. Andrew left the family business after changing roles at a Washington job. Brendan quickly moved from being a consultant to the general manager’s role. In late 2018, Brendan was replaced as GM, by David Pascoe, the former Wlea/Wckr salesman and son of longtime Wlea/Wckr secretary, Carol Pascoe. Brendan will likely take his role over again as GM, when Brendan returns from a National Guard military mission in Jordan, in late 2019, early 2020.

 

EEO Report for 2017
Lewis leads a format flip, changing the music format on WCKR, 92.1, from country music to Hot AC, in May of 2017. John Lewis stayed for approximately two years, giving his notice in November, 2017, the Doran family put out notices on three websites, advertising for the need for a new General Manager. Don Schimizzi was hired for the GM position, and took over in January, 2018.

 

EEO Report For 2016
John Lewis, Took over as General Manager in January, 2016.

 

EEO REPORT FOR 2015 (written Spring 2016)

PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings. We have also made known to area high schools that we will happily provide speakers to discuss careers in broadcasting.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
We have made staff members available to speak at job fairs in our area as well as make presentations in area high school career days when requested.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY

Sports Director, Casey Cameron retired in 2015, and Todd Burritt was hired in March.

With General Manager, Bob Lee, leaving the station, and the passing of owner, Kevin Doran in October of 2015, PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA/WCKR) held a search for a new General Manager / Sales Manager.  That position to be filled January 2016 with John Lewis began at the station and started to train with acting station manager and sales manager, Tom Booth.  John will being transitioned into the GM role by 2017.  Tom Booth will continue to handle a few accounts (he is semi-retired) and will assist John Lewis in the transfer of duties.

Again, we worked with The Hornell area Chamber of Commerce and Hornell Partners or Growth on career based initiatives.  We have used our own facebook page as well as the Hornell Partners for Growth and The Hornell area Chamber of Commerce’s page to seek new employees.  We have talked with The Boy Scouts of America local chapter.   We have also had Alfred University Career Center on the air on WLEA talking about career opportunities as well as posted openings on the New York State Broadcasters Association website.

WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-wwwwlea.net/wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by John Lewis, soon to be GM
(Reports of the school meetings with staff will be found in the files at the station on Ashbaugh Hill Rd., Hornell).

 

EEO REPORT FOR 2014 (written 2015)

Carol Pascoe Retired completely in 2014, and was replaced by a part time in house receptionist/ office manager.

PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings. We have also made known to area high schools that we will happily provide speakers to discuss careers in broadcasting.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
We have made staff members available to speak at job fairs in our area as well as make presentations in area high school career days when requested.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY

We have worked with The Hornell area Chamber of Commerce and Hornell Partners or Growth on career based initiatives.  We have used our own facebook page as well as the Hornell Partners for Growth and The Hornell area Chamber of Commerce’s page to seek new employees.

WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-wwwwlea.net/wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.

(Reports of the school meetings with staff will be found in the files at the station on Ashbaugh Hill Rd., Hornell)

 

EEO REPORT 2013 (prepared in Feb. 2014)
In the past 12 months, we had one ongoing opening at PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA/WCKR)—that of Sales Manager and that position was filled in August of 2013 when we contracted with Robert Lee, formerly of PEMBROKE PINES to assume the position of Sales Manager. Mr. Lee’s contract also calls for his purchasing PMJ at some future, as yet undetermined date.
This will mark our first real opening in several years and while Mr. Lee and I have discussed management and eventual purchase of PMJ Communications, it was late June before contracts were signed. Unfortunately, he suffered a serious eye ailment and while his first day on the job was mid-August, it was exactly two months later when he was in a position to take over.
Former Sales Manager Tom Booth will continue to handle a few accounts (he is semi-retired) and will assist Bob Lee in the transfer of duties.
Also semi-retiring and cutting work to about 20 hours a week was Carol Pascoe who has worked here as Traffic Manager for 55 years. She was replaced by a part-timer working from home who was replaced in December by a company in Pennsylvania which now prepares our logs and does billing.
PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings. We have also made known to area high schools that we will happily provide speakers to discuss careers in broadcasting.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
We have made staff members available to speak at job fairs in our area as well as make presentations in area high school career days when requested.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY
WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-wwwwlea.net/wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by Kevin P. Doran, GM
(Reports of the school meetings with staff will be found in the files at the station on Ashbaugh Hill Rd., Hornell)

 

EEO 2012 REPORT (written Feb 2013)
In the past year—since Feb. 2012—there have been no openings at our company with one exception. We are actively looking for a replacement for Sales Manager Tom Booth who is now semi-retired and handling management on a part-time basis. We have not found that person yet although we have been in frequent communication since 2007 with an experienced salesman/manager with the goal of ultimately purchasing PMJ COMMUNICATIONS.
This report is for WLEA-AM (facility id 5284) and WCKR-FM (facility id 5284) combined. The total number of full-time employees is 5 and the total number of part-time employees is 3.
Our full-time employees range in years of service from 54 to 8 (others have 32 and 17 and 12) years and we seldom have openings.
Still, PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
We have made staff members available to speak at job fairs in our area as well as make presentations in area high school career days when requested.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY
WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-www.wlea.net and www.wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by Kevin P. Doran, GM
(Summaries of meetings in the area at job fairs etc. will be found in the EEO file at the station)

 

EEO REPORT FOR 2011 (written Feb 2012)
In the past year—since Feb. 2011—there have been no openings at our company.
This report is for WLEA-AM (facility id 5284) and WCKR-FM (facility id 5284) combined. The total number of full-time employees is 5 and the total number of part-time employees is 3.
Our full-time employees range in years of service from 53 to 7 (others have 31 and 16 and 11 years and we seldom have openings.
Still, PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
We have attended various workshops and staff members have spoken in Hornell High School and Arkport Central School describing careers in broadcasting.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY
WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-wwwwlea.net/wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by Kevin P. Doran, GM
(see file in station for details of meetings)

 

2010 EEO REPORT
This report covers the period between Feb 2009 and the present—Feb 2010.
We have had no openings this year. Our staff continues to be stable and the only changes would seem to be in board ops for sports broadcasts which amount generally to less than 15 hours a week for Spring and Fall and also during the Summer and Spring.
WLEA and WCKR offer a variety of broadcasts for the are done by area sports figures but primarily by our Sports Director/Sales rep. Casey Cameron.
We make ourselves available to speak with groups (usually high school classes) whose students express a desire to know more about the broadcast industry. We also attend job fairs in our area when we are notified of their existence.
We also stay in contact with area colleges and universities which offer communications courses and/or degrees. These would include nearby Alfred State College, Alfred University, Geneseo State and occasionally other institutions which express an interest in knowing of any job openings.
We also broadcast equal opportunity announcements on a regular basis.
Briefings on those appearances referenced above may be found in our EEO files at the station on Ashbaugh Hill, Hornell, NY.
This report prepared by Kevin Doran (Feb. 2011)

 

2009 EEO REPORT FOR PMJ COMMUNICATIONS WLEA/WCKR Hornell, NY
In the past year, there have been no openings at our company. Our economy continues to be poor and we anticipate no growth in staff even after eliminating two positions last year.
GM and owner Kevin Doran, who was semi-retired, is now back 40 plus hours a week. This report is for WLEA-AM (facility id 5284) and WCKR-FM (facility id 5284) combined. The total number of full-time employees is 5 and the total number of part-time employees is 3.
Our full-time employees range in years of service from 51 to 5 (others have 30 and 15 and 10 years and we seldom have openings.
Still, PMJ COMMUNICATIONS (WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM) did follow the EEO directives in advertising that we are EEO employers and are open to any and all applications for future possible openings.
In addition, we contacted the area colleges and made known to them our EEO commitments and asked that anyone interested in a possible opening in the future contact us. We had no applications of any kind in this period.
Among the colleges contacted:
Alfred University, Alfred NY
State University of Alfred, Alfred, NY
Keuka College, Keuka, NY
State University at Geneseo, NY
State University at Buffalo, NY
WLEA-AM and WCKR-FM have also aired EEO type announcements (see attached). Any and all openings will be posted on our website—-wwwwlea.net/wckr.com with the usual EEO liner indicating our desire to be an equal opportunity employer.
This reported was prepared by Kevin P. Doran, GM
(Files at station contain meetings attended by staff at various schools)

 

2008 EEO REPORT prepared by Kevin Doran (Feb 2009) WLEA/WCKR, Hornell, NY
Again this year we have had no openings for full time positions at our stations. What few job openings generally take place in sports broadcasts—i.e board operators at the station.
Our staff has seen little turnover in the years previous. Our Traffic Manager has said she wants to retire in 2009 but she has been saying this for some years and I suspect she will keep working as long as she can.
We advertise that we are an Equal Opportunity Employer on the air as per a regular schedule and have had no occasion to see employees from area colleges but we do let them know by phone, e-mail or letter that we are EEO employers. One questioned why we keep saying this when we have no openings but I try to explain that openings—-if they do come at all—could be on short notice.
We have also made known, as we always do, to the NEW YORK STATE BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION (NYSBA) that we would be interested in any intern programs. I personally have been trying to find a job in the Albany area for at least two years now for a young man who is the announcer at the train station in Albany. He has an excellent voice and I made it a point to tell this young man that he could have a career in broadcasting. He said that was his goal but has not succeeded.
I personally spoke with Joe Rielly of NYSBA in Albany and asked him (Executive Director) to assist the young man. However, the next time I bumped into him (taking a train to Boston area through Albany) I found to my surprise that he had still had no luck. I promised that if we in Hornell ever had a news opening (we have not) he would be among the first I would call.
(The reports of meetings attended by staff found in our EEO files at 5942 Ashbaugh Hill, Hornell.)

 

2007 EEO REPORT
Since our last report in Feb of 2006, we have had no openings.
We have, happily, a very stable staff and any turnover we experience at these stations is generally from those moving away being replaced by other staff members or among the few “board ops” we use for sports broadcasts.
Nevertheless, we notify area colleges like Alfred State, Alfred University and Geneseo State that we are EEO employers and are eager to speak with any of their communication majors either in person here at the station.
We, of course, run the Equal Opportunity announcement on a regular basis and always make an effort to comply with all regulations in this regard. We do this not just to observe the law but because I personally and many staff members firmly believe in this principle. Having personally witnessed discrimination in my younger days as a “disc jockey” in Mississippi, I have always been extremely sensitive toward this issue.
Attached you will find summaries of any appearances our staff made. I try to send a salesman/announcer to these gatherings as opposed to management since few of the (generally) young people we speak with will start their careers in management.

Submitted by Kevin Doran, Feb 2007