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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: POSTING
OF JOB VACANCIES ON OUR WEBSITE |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| When employment opportunities are available,
they are posted on our company websites by Timothy Ingham, V- President. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: LEADERSHIP
OCALA/MARION PARTNERS |
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| On September 17, 2008, a group of 20 senior
adult citizens gathered at the Asterisk Communications studios in Ocala to
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| local media.
This group was introduced to local radio, met our personalities and
investigated electronic advertising.
They were also |
| instructed on local media employment
opportunities. LOMP enjoyed today's
radio technology and reviewed current advertising |
| campigns, both local and national. Public service announcements and
requirements and the future of technology were also discussed. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: LEADERSHIP
OCALA/MARION COUNTY |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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Thursday, December 4, 2008, a group of 35 leadership class members, led by
our Operations Manager, Shane Finch, gathered |
| at WTRS and Big 92.9 studios to review local
media employment opportunities. This
group was introduced to local radio, |
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electronic advertising and radio technology, the methodology of music
programming and simulcast operations, and |
| electronic advertising sales as a
vocation. They also met our
personalities. Public service and the
future of technology were also |
| discussed. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: LEADERSHIP
OCALA/MARION YOUTH |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| On October 1, 2008. a group of 31 honor
students from Marion County Schools visited the Ocala WTRS and Big 92.9
studios. This |
| young group discussed the future of local
media and mass media trends. This
group was introduced to today's radio technology, the |
| the methodology of music programming and
simulcast operations and electronic advertising sales as a vocation. Public service and |
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future of technology were also discussed.
LOMY students also met several of our paid interns who began their
broadcasting |
| careers as students like those in the LOMY
program. They were also introduced on
local media employment opportunities. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME OF ACTIVITY: JOB TALK BROADCAST |
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| Asterisk Communications runs an on-air Job
Talk Show every Saturday from 11:30am - Noon in the Gainesville area and is |
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by Florida Employer Advisory Council, Inc. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: ONE
STOP WORKFORCE CONNECTION |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| Asterisk
Communications has partnered with One Stop Workforce Connection. Together we have
developed an internet page |
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| describing radio broadcasting career
opportunities that links to their job placement website. Additionally, we run public service |
| announcements making the public aware of the
website and promoting One Stop's Job Fairs. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA JOB FAIR |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| On
October 16, 2008, General Manager, John Starr, participated in the job fair
at University of Florida College of Journalism and |
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students. Two interns accepted
positions with our company. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: UNIVERSITY
of FLORIDA JOB & INTERNSHIP FAIR |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| On March 26, 2009, our General Manager. John
Starr, participated in interviewing of students seeking radio internships and
jobs. |
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interviewed fourteen students, and as a result, two interns were hired. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME OF ACTIVITY: JOB FAIR |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| On
January 21, 2009, Asterisk Communications Co-Sponsored a Job Fair at the
Davis Center in Archer, Florida. Promotions |
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aired for this Job Fair on our Gainesville station. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME OF ACTIVITY: INTERNSHIP PROGRAM |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| Our interns have responsibilities that include
writing, voicing and producing commercial announcements and live |
| programming, and creating promotional
proposals for clientele. The interns
are guided to meet content deadlines and have |
| the responsibility to complete assigned
projects in a timely fashion. We
provide training on various equipment as well as guidance |
| to carry out their assignments. As of September 2009, there are three
interns employed. Two of our interns
are from Central Florida |
| Community
College and are majoring in Journalism. |
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| YEAR: 2009 |
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NAME
OF ACTIVITY: SALES INTERNSHIP PROGRAM |
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| Description of Initiative: |
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| A student was selected from the University of
Florida Internship Fair in October 2008.
She was a sales intern at our Gainesville |
| stations for three months in 2009 and
performed the duties of a sales person with the mentoring from our sales
reps. |
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