Recruiting Exclusively Online for Full-Time Vacancies

Speaking of Chairman Pai and deregulation for broadcasters, there might just be a chance later this year for a common sense change under the FCC’s EEO rules. For stations that meet the minimum full-time staff threshold under the EEO rules, wide dissemination is a requirement when recruiting for a full-time job vacancy. And the FCC’s presumptive method for achieving wide dissemination of a job opening is a newspaper ad. Yes, you read that correctly.

So if your station wants to be able to recruit exclusively online (like the rest of the modern world) for full-time vacancies under the FCC’s EEO rules, you should most certainly stay tuned to a pending petition for rulemaking recently filed at the FCC seeking relief from this antiquated EEO policy.

Comments on the proposal were due January 30^th. But don’t worry, you can still file reply comments through February 14^th and provide your thoughts on the matter. It’s easy. Follow the instructions here. Don’t procrastinate — the deregulation bells are ringing.