Reply-To: "Lee Kent"
From: "Lee Kent"
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Subject: solution to number of employees issue
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:42:10 -0400
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All Mr. Sanders has to do is demand a copy of all health insurance
records... the health insurance was set up as a single group covering
both radio stations. That means all employees were considered the
same ownership or they could NOT have been put into the same policy.
Company name is John Alden Insurance. It covered all employees but
not all employees took part in it because it was so expensive. But they
had to go by the amount of employees to calculate the rates and base
the group on them.

Also:

Its the same concept as a company that is hired (because it has profit
responsibility) to run a group of departmental stores located within
the same building. That company hires and fires the employees, is
responsible for housing and managing them and makes a lot of money
doing it while vendors actually own the goods being sold and rent the
space to do it. Its Wal-Mart!

Both stations use the same office space. Who pays for that? Is WCOO's
use of the space free? I doubt it.

Radio stations are set up as separate corporations but the license to
RUN those properties is controlled by the FCC which grants a license
to run and manage the property. The license granted to run the properties
is to the company that owns the properties. But since LM COMM of
Lexington controls both stations no one is responsible? I think not. LM COMM
of Lexington pays and is responsible for all employees of all corporations
it
owns and runs (8 across the country, with one bookkeeper who does both
stations... and the books are together, with separation by station only
because
they are separate corporations. If they are not the same company they could
not sell both stations as a package and they do.

In this case LM COMM in Lexington Charlie Cohn managed both
properties, under the same management it does not matter if the
building was owned by someone else, if the transmitters were owned
by someone else, if the office equipment was owned by someone else,
or if the employees were paid by phony checking account separations
it boils down to was the station a unit or totally separate units totally
non-interactive, with their own management. Mike Allen was PD of both
stations. If anything else is true than Charlie Cohn could not legally
fire me. If he didn't work for the company I worked for he had no
say over me or anyone in that company. BUT HE DID.. which means
they were run as the same company.

Dan's paycheck is drawn from an account for WYBB98 Rock. My check
was from WCOOFM Cool105 ... BUT!!! The money all comes from
LM COMM Lexington KY and distributed ONLY at the point of drawing
the checks through First Union Bank in Charleston (Ashley River Road
branch) which means all control of the stations come from LM COMM
Lexington.

The separation of ownership thing is a ruse to try to skirt and undermine
the Equal Employment laws of this country. If it is permitted that no one
company of Martin's employs enough people to be held liable for anything
at all then Martin is completely off the hook for anything he desires to do
or his managers decide to do.

This sets a precedent in broadcasting. It has to be ruled that the stations
are considered ONE if they are managed by the same people. If that is
not the case then the EEOC has no jurisdiction over 3/4s of the Clear
Channel stations and no jurisdiction over 7000 other stations in this
country
that are run the same way.