CPB open records are in a public file at KEXP. 472 1st Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109 and are available to view on request.
KEXP prepared the following statement to comply with Corporation for Public Broadcasting's requirements for an organizational diversity statement, and is not necessarily inclusive of all diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts undertaken by KEXP. We invite you to read more about our racial equity work here.
KEXP understands that in an increasingly multicultural world, we must expand and improve our efforts to understand and better represent the array of people and cultures we aim to serve. KEXP aims to serve the global community of music lovers, with a focus on the demographic diversity of King County, WA.
We are working to actualize diversity through principles, policies, practices, and accountability. We strive to attract people with varied perspectives and talents, and actively embrace cultures, skills, and experiences. We aim to provide staff with opportunities where their ideas can thrive, as well as serve our community. We believe in hiring and retaining a staff that reflects the audience we aim to serve, including age, race, ethnicity, gender and gender expression, sexual orientation, life experiences, and geographic backgrounds. KEXP benefits from our employees’ range of unique talents, personalities and ideas to help us innovate and broaden our horizons.
Our work towards becoming an anti-racist organization is central to our ability to serve our mission within our entire community.
Our pursuit of equity and diversity is one component of our journey towards becoming an anti-racist organization. The individual tactics we have undertaken in this pursuit include:
Racial equity training for staff conducted since 2017, led by professional DEI consultants.
Recruiting efforts that emphasize diverse candidates. This includes review of job postings and descriptions for biased language, leading with relevant experience rather than education level, and relaxing pre-requisite experience, with training for candidates with potential. We strive to interview as diverse a candidate pool as possible within the qualifications and experience each job requires.
Pay equity analysis annually for both race and gender parity.
Regular BIPOC and Executive Team racial equity meetings, and engagement with external consultants, along with bi-monthly gender equity meetings.
Education and internship programs focused on engaging and serving under-invited communities.
Public affairs programming on stories around gender, race, ethnicity, economic status, and national origin.
In September 2020, KEXP staff was 19% BIPOC / 81% white, and is currently 7% Asian, 9% Black, 12% Latino or Hispanic, 1% Native Alaskan/Native American/Pacific Islander, 5% 2 or more races / 66% white as of September 2023.
Gender representation shifted from 43% female & non-binary / 57% male in September 2020 to 49% female & non-binary / 51% male in September 2023.
Our on-air BIPOC representation increased from 29% to 40% (measured in on-air hours) from September 2020 to 2023, while on-air female & non-binary representation increased from 25% to 42%.
From September 2020 to September 2023, the KEXP Executive Team increased from 13% to 21% BIPOC staff, while female & non-binary representation increased from 33% to 47%.
Over the same period, KEXP’s Board of Directors’ representation improved from 40% BIPOC / 60% white (2020) to 45% BIPOC / 55% white, and 45% female & non-binary / 55% male (2020) to 50% female & non-binary / 50% male.
KEXP’s commitment to diversity includes meetings of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) designed to solicit advice and feedback from our diverse listening audience. The CAB helps to identify needs in the community and shares feedback for ways to provide programming that is relevant to our region and its neighboring communities. The CAB and KEXP staff seek candidates that represent the geographically and demographically diverse composition of the many communities we aim to serve.
From September 2020 to September 2023, KEXP’s CAB demographics increased from 50% BIPOC / 50% white to 54% BIPOC / 46% white. Gender representation shifted from 43% female & non-binary / 57% male in September 2020 to 36% female & non-binary / 64% male in September 2023.
KEXP-FM is licensed to Friends of KEXP. The Board of Directors of Friends of KEXP and its committees meet several times per year. Information about KEXP’s Board of Directors, including members and meeting information can be found via the link below.
link to board of directors page
KEXP posts the Annual Financial Statement submitted to CPB and the most recent audited financial report.
link to KEXP CPB CSG 2022 AFR.
link to audited financial report.
link to IRS Form 990.
KEXP-FM is licensed to Friends of KEXP. The Community Advisory Board of Friends of KEXP meets several times per year. Information about the Community Advisory Board, including members and meeting information can be found via the link below
link to advisory board page
KEXP provides an annual Local Content and Services Report to inform the community about activities intended to address community needs, outlining key services provided and the local value and impact of those services.
link to 2023 Local Content and Services Report
KEXP complies with the hiring and reporting practices as required by FCC regulations. Yearly EEO reports are posted here and in our public FCC file online. The Station Activity Survey employment report is available for viewing in our Public File at the main office: 472 1st Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109.
link to 2022- 2023 EEO Public File Report
KEXP does not sell, rent, lease, loan, trade, give, donate, transfer or exchange its donor names or other personally identifiable information to, with or from any candidate for federal, state or local office, political committees, or political parties for any purpose whatsoever, except as otherwise required by law or judicial process.
KEXP will periodically remind contributors/donors of its privacy policy.
link to privacy policy
Our FCC Public File is available on the FCC website https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/kexp-fm
KEXP complies with the hiring and reporting practices as required by FCC regulations. Yearly EEO reports are posted here and in our public FCC file online.
link to 2022-2023 FCC EEO Public File report
