Contact information for WLRN-TV closed captioning concerns:

phone: 305-995-1717 | fax: 305-995-2299 | email: info@wlrn.org or mail to:
Bernadette Siy, Station Manager
WLRN-TV
172 NE 15 Street
Miami, FL 33132

This EEO Public File Report is filed in Stations WLRN-FM’s and WLRN-TV’s Public Inspection file pursuant to Section 73.2080(c)(6) of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules.

Between September 30, 2008 and October 1, 2009 stations WLRN-FM and WLRN-TV have filled no open full-time positions.

The MDCPS employs over 54,000 full-time and part-time employees in over 350 schools and non-school work sites. The School Board requires that jobs be posted at least five days before they are filled for non-instructional positions and at least ten days for administrative positions. All hiring for the School System is overseen by the Human Resources Officer of the Office of Human Resources whose telephone number is (305) 995-7008. Hiring at MDCPS radio and television stations for non-administrative positions is supervised by Mr. Lesly Prudent, District Director of Non-Instructional Recruitment, of the Office of Staff Recruitment. He can be reached at (305) 995-7210. Hiring for administrative positions is supervised by Dr. Verona McCarthy, District Director of Administrative Staffing, of the Office of Administrative/ Professional and Technical Staffing. She can be reached at (305) 995-7064.

Jobs requiring special skills unavailable in the School System’s workforce are advertised in the local and regional newspapers or in trade publications.

The Division of Non-Instructional Staffing of the M-DCPS Office of Human Resources has participated in at least six job fairs since October 2008.

Management level personnel of MDCPS, including managers at WLRN-FM and WLRN-TV, are given opportunities in training methods of ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and preventing discrimination.

Phone Bridge professional development conference calls are made on a routine basis through the National Educational telecommunications Association and the Public Broadcasting Management Association to offer skills and support to station staff: navigating blogs to use as a promotions tool, media relations, promotional plans, CPB and FCC regulatory rules, etc.

The WLRN General Manager attended a national conference in January 2009 that included a break out session on management training. The discussion included internal and external communications, and how to organize and manage these relationships with other stakeholders and employees of the organization.

WLRN provided staff to attend several career day and job fairs to help explain and hopefully intrigue students to become interested in a career in television. Schools visited include:

John Ferguson H.S.
Turner Tech H.S.
Toussaint L'Ouverture Elementary
Joella C. Good Elementary
Charles R. Drew Elementary
Westview Middle
Florida Atlantic University
Miami International Art Institute
Fort Lauderdale International Art Institute
Miami-Dade College
University of Miami
St. Thomas University
Hialeah/Miami Lakes High School
Florida Memorial College
Miami Jackson High School
NATAS Career Day

WLRN participates in its community commitment to serve the public by working with colleges and high schools to offer unpaid internship opportunities. WLRN had the following interns between September 30, 2008 and October 1, 2009:
Florida International University, Intern Role: Communications Assistant.
Recent Grad of University of Florida, Intern Role: Communications Assistant.
Miami Dade College, Intern Role: Communications Assistant
Florida International University, Intern Role: Television Production Assistant
Florida Atlantic University, Intern Role: Television Production Assistant
Turner Technical High School, Intern Role: Television Production Assistant
Miami Beach Senior High School, Intern Role: Television Production Assistant