82 Radio Groups File Reply Comments In FCC EEO Proceeding

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The FCC's JUNE proposal to eliminate the midterm Equal Employment Opportunity reports required of broadcasters and multichannel video programming operators drew nine sets of comments, and now a group of 82 broadcast entities that previously filed comments has filed reply comments that propose removing the small station exemption for notifications of each fulltime job opening, redefining "employment unit" as all employees of a licensee, and setting the line for the small station exemption as 50 employees or less for the entire licensee entity.

In a release accompanying the submission, the 82 broadcasters, represented by attorney JOHN GARZIGLIA, added that larger broadcasters should continue to be responsible for documentation and supplemental initiatives, shifting more of the burden of EEO paperwork to "larger broadcasters with human resource departments" instead of on "smaller entities for whom just finding employees is a challenge." "There is nothing more sapping to a small broadcaster than EEO paperwork and documentation that it is not staffed to handle, knowing that its larger competition has an HR department handling such record-keeping," the release stated.

The joint commenters include MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC./KASKASKIA BROADCASTING, INC.; THE CROMWELL GROUP, INC. OF ILLINOIS/HANCOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC/WYCQ, INC.; PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS INC.; BLAKENEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; RADIGAN BROADCASTING GROUP, LLC; EUREKA BROADCASTING CO., INC.; FENTY FUSS; NODAWAY BROADCASTING CORP.; DELTA RADIO, LLC/DELTA RADIO NETWORK, LLC/SOUTH SEAS BROADCASTING, INC./CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC/KAUAI BROADCAST PARTNERS, LLC; JOHN H. & LYNN C. ALLEN; PARADIS BROADCASTING OF ALEXANDRIA, INC.; MEREDITH COMMUNICATIONS LC; EASTERN UTAH BROADCASTING COMPANY; MWB BROADCASTING II LLC/MID NEBRASKA BROADCASTING, LLC; and METROPLEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Also BARRY BROADCASTING CO.; DAKOTA BROADCASTING, LLC/COMMUNITY FIRST BROADCASTING, LLC; RESULTS BROADCASTING, INC./RESULTS BROADCASTING OF IRON MOUNTAIN, INC.; PAYNE 5 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; SHELDON BROADCASTING CO., INC.; DOUGLAS BROADCASTING, INC.; BRISTOL COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC./SNE BROADCASTING, LTD.; MURPHYS LAW MEDIA GROUP LLC; EAST ARKANSAS BROADCASTERS, INC./ARKANSAS COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC./COMBINED MEDIA GROUP, INC./EAST ARKANSAS BROADCASTERS OF JONESBORO, LLC/EAB OF RUSSELLVILLE, LLC/EAB OF MORRILTON, LLC/EAB OF CLARKSVILLE, LLC; CHESTERMAN COMMUNICATIONS JAMESTOWN, INC.; GEORGIA-CAROLINA RADIOCASTING COMPANY, LLC/SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION/TUGART PROPERTIES, LLC/LAKE HARTWELL RADIO, INC./APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; CHARISMA RADIO CORP.; PAYNE MEDIA GROUP LLC; THE ORIGINAL COMPANY, INC./OLD NORTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC./THE INNOVATION CENTER, INC.; S-R BROADCASTING INC./CAAM PARTNERS LLC; HEARTLAND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC; TMRG BROADCASTING, LLC; and E-COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.

And CONNER MEDIA CORPORATION/MEDIA EAST, LLC/HERITAGE BROADCASTING LLC; ADAMS RADIO OF FORT WAYNE, LLC/ADAMS RADIO OF TALLAHASSEE, LLC/ADAMS RADIO OF DELMARVA PENINSULA, LLC/ADAMS RADIO OF NORTHERN INDIANA, LLC; STARCOM LLC; HARBIT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; ROLAND L. BUSHLAND; ELKO BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; MTN BROADCASTING, INC./ELDORA BROADCASTING, INC./MARSHALLTOWN EDUCATION PLUS, INC.; STONECOM COOKEVILLE, LLC; HAM BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; BIG BROADCASTING, INC.; V-TECK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; SIMMONS BROADCASTING, INC./KNDK INC.; EASTERN SHORE RADIO, INC.; CAPITAL BROADCASTING VA, LLC ; GEOS COMMUNICATIONS; BUTLER RADIO NETWORK, INC.; PINE TO PRAIRIE BROADCASTING, INC.; and EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.

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