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WYSO PUBLIC RADIO, YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO
PERIOD REPORTED: JUNE 1, 2024 – MAY 31, 2025
WYSO is committed to the goal of equal opportunity for all and, accordingly, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and characteristics, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, visible or invisible disability, or status as a disabled veteran. This policy applies to all WYSO staff: full-time, part-time, contractors, and interns.
WYSO complies with federal and state legislation and regulations regarding nondiscrimination.
During the period under consideration, WYSO employed 20 persons full-time, 1 part-time, 3 contractors, and another 15 as volunteer on-air hosts.
Recruiting
One of WYSO’s core values is relationships; and it’s through relationships that we do much of our recruiting for internships, staff positions, and volunteer opportunities. Here’s how we describe the primacy of relationships within our work:
Relationships are WYSO’s superpower. We achieve our mission by building authentic relationships across the community and across the country. It is through relationships that we create content, share music, and amplify voices that have historically been excluded from mainstream media; maintain our organization, as we add staff, volunteers and board members; and position WYSO as a thought leader within our industry.
As such, we work to build and maintain strong relationships both locally and nationally:
● WYSO has relationships with many local universities, including two HBCUs (Central State University and Wilberforce University), where we recruit for staff positions and internships.
● We meet many people through our array of community-based audio training programs (e.g. Saturday podcasting classes, “WYSO Youth Radio” classes in area high schools, etc.).
● Most staff members attend one national public radio conference each year, and at these conferences we are always scouting for talent.
● Our staff are active on local boards and with local organizations, which is a great way to connect with area professionals.
● Further, our staff attends more than 40 local events per year. Having collateral / tables at these events allows WYSO staff to recruit based on the current job / internship openings. These events are varied: libraries, concerts, Rotary Club events, street fairs, farmer’s markets, and local business events through chambers of commerce and local professional organizations.
- During this grant period, WYSO was present at two local job fairs:
- At the University of Dayton Job and Internship Fair on November 7, 2024. The WYSO table was staffed by Digital Editor Kaitlin Schroeder and Center for Community Voices Managing Editor Chris Welter.
- Dayton Metro Library’s Career Exploration Fair November 12 - 14. The WYSO table was staffed by Music Director Juliet Fromholt and Center for Community Voices Director Will Davis.
- We regularly offer tours of the studio for local students and reach out specifically to schools that are in underserved/underrepresented areas of our listening area.
These types of relationship-building activities help grow our pool of applicants for available positions. We also recruit by advertising job openings across the country. Listed below are some of the organizations whose job boards we utilize.
New Hiring
Full-time vacancies filled by our employment unit during this time period include:
- Staff Accountant
- Director of the Center for Community Voices
- Music Department Coordinator
Recruitment sources utilized to fill the Staff Accountant vacancy include the WYSO website, WYSO’s email list, WYSO’s social media platforms, LinkedIn, and the CPB Jobline. We conducted four interviews for this vacancy. Interviewees were referred by WYSO’s email outreach (1), LinkedIn (2) and Facebook (1). The recruitment source that referred the hiree was the posting on the WYSO website, which she found when a community member posted it on a Yellow Springs Job Board on Facebook.
Recruitment sources utilized to fill the Director of the Center for Community Voices vacancy include Current, the Public Media Business Association, the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR), the Public Media Content Collective (PMCC), Greater Public, CPB Jobline, public radio-focused social media job boards, the WYSO website, WYSO’s email list, WYSO’s social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) and LinkedIn. We conducted four interviews for this vacancy. Interviewees were referred by AIR (1), PMCC (2) and Current (1). The recruitment source that referred the hiree was:
The Association of Independents in Radio
500 7th Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10018, USA
airmedia.org
Recruitment sources utilized to fill the Music Department Coordinator vacancy include the noncomMUSIC Alliance, the Association of Independents in Radio, the Public Media Content Collective, Greater Public, CPB Jobline, the WYSO website, WYSO’s email list, WYSO’s social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram) and LinkedIn. We conducted one interview for this vacancy. The recruitment source that referred the hiree was WYSO’s internal posting (via email from the WYSO Music Director) that went out to all current staff and volunteers one week prior to the public announcement.
WYSO Music Director Juliet Fromholt
contact info:
150 E. South College Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
937.769.1387
jfromholt@wyso.org
The total number of persons interviewed for full-time vacancies during the period in question was 9. These persons were referred by the variety of sources listed above. When an application is submitted, WYSO does not verify the referral source. However, we do ask those who are invited for an interview where they learned about the position.
None of our recruitment sources requested notification of vacancies.
Closing material
During this period WYSO continued its “Community Voices” radio production training programs, designed to teach community members professional media skills they then use to create stories that highlight local voices, ideas and concerns. Many of these stories are then broadcast on WYSO. Our training opportunities are open to people of all ages for a nominal fee. Many are admitted on full scholarship. And our high school training program is always offered at no cost.
There was an array of Community Voices activity during this period. Highlights include:
The continuation of four signature series:
- “Dayton Youth Radio,” which amplifies the voices and perspectives of young people from across the region
- “Loud As the Rolling Sea,” stories of the Civil Rights generation of activists, both Black and white, who were born in the 20s and 30s.
- “Studio Visit,” conversations with local artists about what inspires their work.
- “Veterans’ Voices,” conversations between military veterans who live in the Miami Valley
As well as the creation of three new Community Voices series:
- “Blue Skies and Tailwinds,” essays about the rich aviation history of our region
- “Haitians in the Heartland,” first-person reporting by members of the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio in the wake of the false allegations that they were eating their neighbors’ pets
- “The Ohio Country,” an award-winning 12-part podcast series that puts the experiences of Miami, Shawnee, Wyandotte, and other American Indian people at the center of a refreshed version of Ohio’s complicated past and undecided future
CONTACTING WYSO
Groups and organizations wishing to be put on the mailing list for notification of full-time vacancies should contact the station in writing as follows:
WYSO Public Radio
Attn: Luke Dennis, General Manager
150 E. South College Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Or via email to ldennis@wyso.org
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the above information is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.
Luke Dennis
General Manager
WYSO Public Radio
June 2025