KLYC radio changes ownership (N-R story 12/17/2019)

KLYC radio changes ownership

By Tom Henderson, McMinnville N-R/News-Register Dec 17, 2019

Officials at the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of McMinnville’s KLYC radio station last week to ProMedia Partners LLC in Charlestown, Indiana.

Wes Simkins, the CEO of Promedia, began the process of buying KLYC in July. 

He said he was approached by previous owner Dave Adams, who needed to sell the station and move to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to tend to family issues.

Simkins also owns ProStreaming, a streaming company with offices in Pittsburgh. He said he runs the company, which provides audio and video stream, as its CEO from his home in Indiana.

He was delighted when Adams, who purchased KLYC in 2013, approached with the chance to buy the station, Simkins said. “I said I’d love to buy it,” he recalled. “I like the direction the station is going.”

Simkins met Adams because Adams used to be partners with one of ProStreaming’s clients. Adams approached Simkins about creating streaming channels for Yamhill County schools.

Although Simkins doesn’t live in the area and much of KLYC’s programming will be streamed from remote locations, the owner told the News-Register he remains committed to giving the station a local flavor.

Brian Eriksen, a teacher and coach at South Salem High School, serves as the station’s sports director. The station also has a local afternoon disc jockey and provides live coverage of Amity High School games, with Superintendent Jeff Clark giving the play-by-play commentary.

KLYC’s music format is adult contemporary. Basically, said Simkins, that means classic hits. “Everything we play was a hit in its era,” he said. “We’re going to rebrand to more of classic hits.”

KLYC has been a part of McMinnville since 1949, originally as KMCM. The station was established by brothers Jack and Phil Bladine, then publisher and editor, respectively, of the Telephone-Register newspaper in McMinnville. 

The station began regular programming at 11 a.m. on June 18, 1949, with a broadcast introduced by Mayor R.H. Windisher.

KLYC has since gone through a series of owners. Adams was a prominent presence in the community, videotaping McMinnville City Council meetings and assorted local events.

Simkins said he has no plans so far to provide such video coverage. The station offers news through Salem Radio Network, a Texas-based service that specializes in Christian-based news and talk show programming.

“I get phone calls from people who say it’s like a real radio station now,” Simkins said.

The network partnership changes some advertising content, as well. For instance, KLYC no longer runs ads for vaping products through syndicated services.

“Salem Radio Network put in writing that they wouldn’t put a controversial ad on the station like one for vaping products,” he said. “I think the vaping was a major local issue. I felt it wasn’t a good thing to have that on KLYC radio, so we made the change instantly.”

Through the syndicated service, KLYC runs “One Minute in America,” a segment from conservative Christian commentator Jerry Stewart that runs at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Often stressing patriotism and military history, Stewart’s commentaries revolve around what factors he thinks make America great.

“It’s a very patriotic segment,” Simkins said. “Some people might say I’m too conservative, but I think that’s what America was built on.”

Simkins said he particularly likes how the segments laud America’s military forces.

“We push veteran issues,” he said. “Their suicides rates are really high, and I want to get to the bottom of that.”

Despite the conservative nature of Salem Radio Network and its contributors, Simkins said he wants to steer clear of politics.

“We hope to never accept a political ad,” he said. “I don’t think we want to be involved in politics in any way, shape or form.”

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Student accuses Linfield trustee of sexual assault (McMinnville N-R 12/13/2019)

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Student accuses Linfield trustee of sexual assault

Link to story at N-R website:

https://newsregister.com/archive?articleArchiveId=1576198459

By STARLA POINTER of the News-Register
McMinnville, Ore., News-Register, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

A Linfield College student has filed a lawsuit alleging a college trustee — who subsequently left the board — sexually assaulted her in McMinnville in February.

AnnaMarie Motis stated that trustee David Jubb, 70, touched her under her clothes during activities following the board’s February meeting.

She names both Jubb, a 1971 Linfield graduate, and the college in her suit, filed with the U.S. District Court in Portland.

She alleges the college knew about previous “inappropriate sexual conduct” by Jubb, that the school failed to take action, and that the assault caused emotional distress and “deprived her of access to educational opportunities or benefits” at Linfield.

She is seeking a jury trial and asking for at least $550,000 in damages, including economic damages of $250,000, non-economic damages of $300,000, and punitive damages. She also wants the college to take steps to prevent sex-based discrimination and harassment, and to fully investigate such complaints.

Scott Nelson, director of communications for Linfield, said the college advised the student of her options when she reported the assault to officials,

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“including reporting to the McMinnville police and/or having the college conduct a Title IX investigation.”

Title IX was enacted in 1972 to provide equal opportunities for and end dis-crimination against women on college campuses. It also covers sexual harassment and assault.

Nelson said Wednesday the college had not yet been served with a legal com-plaint.

“Protecting students is, and will always be, our highest priority,” he said.

Motis was the student representative to the board of trustees for the 2018-19 school year. She attended the board’s Feb. 15 meeting and a dinner that followed at Michelbook Country Club. She said she also accompanied some of the trustees downtown after dinner to visit a bar.

Her suit alleges that Jubb insisted she accompany him downtown in an Uber vehicle, rather than going with other trustees. While they waited for their ride in the country club foyer, she says he told her he would take her to his hotel, the Atticus, after the bar and “end the night there.”

She also alleges he grabbed her and pulled her against him. She said she stepped away and told him, “I feel like that’s a little close,” but he persisted and this time grabbed her beneath her skirt. She said she moved away again and told him “that’s definitely not some-thing I’m comfortable with.”

Jubb left the foyer and another female trustee gave Motis a ride downtown. But the student said she ran into Jubb again at The Oak, where she sat across from him at a narrow table. She alleges he bumped her legs, pulled her chair closer to him and put his hand under her dress and touched her crotch.

The lawsuit says Motis left the bar at that point, and that she reported the sexual assault to McMinnville police. Within a week, she reported to the chairman of the board of trustees and to the college, as well.

She said the chairman, David Baca, assured her Jubb would be removed from the board of trustees. In June, he sent a letter to other board members, saying Jubb “was resigning due to health concerns ... Dave provided valuable service to the board and the college for many decades.”

Linfield officials interviewed Motis about her complaint in July. The law-suit says the investigation has not been completed.

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Longtime Linfield College board member David Jubb sexually assaulted student, lawsuit says (Oregonian 11/10/2019)

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2019/12/longtime-linfield-college-board-member-david-jubb-sexually-assaulted-student-lawsuit-says.html

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Longtime Linfield College board member David Jubb sexually assaulted student, lawsuit says

Updated Dec 11, 9:45 AM; Posted Dec 10, 6:22 PM 

The chair of the college's board emailed other trustees on June 17 that trustee David Jubb had resigned, "due to health concerns.'' The college spokesman, contacted Tuesday, said that Jubb resigned after a student complained about his "inappropriate advances.'' (Photo by Daniel Hurst/Courtesy of Linfield College)

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive 

A member of Linfield College’s board of trustees resigned earlier this year after a student who also served on the board complained that he sexually assaulted her as they were leaving a faculty-trustee dinner and later at a bar where the trustees had gathered, according to a federal suit.

AnnaMarie Motis told the board’s chair that trustee David Jubb put his hands up her dress twice on an evening in February and touched her buttocks and genitalia, the suit says.

Her suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, accuses Jubb of battery and the college of negligence in failing to protect her. She’s seeking at least $550,000 in damages.

“The former trustee involved in this complaint is no longer a member of the Board and has not attended any college functions since we were made aware of the allegation,’’ Linfield College spokesman Scott Nelson said in a statement.

Jubb, 70, is a 1971 Linfield College graduate and had served on the board since 1994, chairing its financial affairs committee, according to a college magazine. He’s a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a board member of The Reser Family Foundation.

The Oregonian/OregonLive generally doesn’t identify alleged victims of sexual abuse but Motis said she wanted to be named.

She was an undergraduate student representative on the college’s board when she attended a faculty-trustees dinner on Feb. 15 at Michelbook Country Club after a board meeting. She was invited to join other trustees at a bar following the dinner.

Jubb said he would pay for an Uber and insisted that Motis accompany him to the bar, Nick’s Backroom in McMinnville, according to her suit.

As they waited in the foyer of the country club for their ride, the student said Jubb told her he was staying at the Atticus hotel in downtown McMinnville and would bring her with him after they met others at the bar and "end the night there,'' the suit says.

Motis said Jubb grabbed her and pulled her body to his. She objected, telling him, “I feel like that’s a little close,’” the suit says.

Jubb didn’t stop and reached under her skirt and aggressively grabbed her bare buttocks, the suit alleges.

The student stepped away, the suit says, and told Jubb, “That’s definitely not something I’m comfortable with.’’

Another trustee entered the foyer and offered the student and Jubb a ride to the bar. Once they arrived, they learned Nick’s was closed, so the trustees decided to go to another bar in downtown McMinnville, The Oak.

Once at The Oak, the student sat opposite Jubb at a narrow table.

He “aggressively bumped” her legs under the table, according to the suit. She moved her chair to be further away, but Jubb pulled her chair closer to him, “then thrust his hand’’ under her dress and touched her genitalia, the suit says.

Motis immediately left the table and told others she needed to leave.

Within a week, the student reported Jubb’s behavior to the board chair and to the college. The chair assured Motis that Jubb would be removed from the board by May, the suit says.

Nelson said when Motis reported the “inappropriate advances,’’ college officials advised her of her options, including going to the McMinnville Police Department and having the college conduct a Title IX sexual harassment investigation. Nelson did not say whether the college contacted McMinnville police.

“In every case of an allegation like this, we advise the students of their options on-campus and off, including going to the police. We offer them resources and help, depending upon what they would like to do. But we would never disclose a student’s decisions without their permission,’’ Nelson said.

The student went to McMinnville police on March 20, according to her lawyers, Erin Greenawald and Sean Riddell.

Jubb resigned from the board in June. He did not return multiple phone and email messages seeking comment.

In a June 17 email to board members, Linfield College board chair David Baca wrote trustees that Jubb had advised him he was resigning “due to health concerns.”

“Dave provided valuable service to the board and the College over many decades,” the email said. “He has been a classmate, friend, and associate of many of us for years, and for those so moved, it is appropriate to express gratitude for his positive contributions, but in doing so we should respect Dave’s privacy. Best Regards, David Baca Chair of the Board”

"Last week, Dave Jubb advised me he was resigning from the Board due to health concerns,'' Chair David Baca wrote, according to the suit.

On July 9, Linfield College interviewed Motis.

The police investigation went to the Yamhill County District Attorney’s Office for review, according to the suit.

Yamhill District Attorney Brad Berry said Tuesday that his office is still reviewing the investigative material, which has been assigned to a deputy district attorney. No charges have been filed at this time.

The office first received material from McMinnville police in August, then more information from police, as well as other sources, in September and additional material about two weeks ago, Berry said.

The college inquiry is still pending, according to the suit.

The suit alleges the college was aware of a prior allegation of sexual harassment involving Jubb but failed to investigate.

“Ms. Motis was subjected to a hostile educational environment created by Linfield’s failure to properly investigate and/or address Defendant Jubb’s previous allegations of sexual assault or sexually inappropriate behavior,” it says.

The college has not yet been officially served with the suit. “But rest assured that protecting students is, and will always be, our highest priority,” Nelson said Tuesday.

Motis is on leave from the school.

She’s seeking economic damages of $250,000, non-economic damages of $300,000 for emotional distress and psychological damage and unspecified punitive damages.

She also wants a judge to order the college to take steps to prevent sex-based discrimination, harassment and assault and fully investigate conduct that may constitute sex-based harassment and/or sexual assault and respond appropriately.

-- Maxine Bernstein

Email at mbernstein@oregonian.com

Follow on Twitter @maxoregonian

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www.linfield.edu/assets/files/advancement/magazine/Linfield_mag_Winter_09.pdf

LINFIELD magazine Winter 2009

Dave Jubb ’71 graduated from Linfield and subsequently earned both a CPA and law degree. A retired PricewaterhouseCoopers partner and currently vice chairman of a large food manufacturing company, he has served on the college’s Board of Trustees since 1994 and chairs the board’s Financial Affairs Committee.

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https://thelinfieldreview.com/7117/opinion/post-college-lifestyle-yields-excitement-new-adventures/


LINFIELD REVIEW student newspaper  April 8, 2011


Dave Jubb, class of ’71, recently wrote me an email and said “life after college is a wonderful adventure full of fun and excitement.”


He added, “College was great, but from the viewpoint of an old man looking back, I say it’s the start of a fabulous journey.”

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A Linf grad says: “Jubb is an interesting public speaker.     He spoke to our accounting group when I was a senior...he claimed to have been ticketed for going 100mph on Linfield Avenue.”

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https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/31340116/Motis_v_Linfield_College_et_al

Motis v. Linfield College et a
Oregon District Court
Judge: Anna J Brown
Case #: 3:19-cv-02000
Nature of Suit 448 Civil Rights - Education
Cause 42:1981 Civil Rights

Discovery and Pretrial Scheduling Order - FORM EVENT
Tue 12/10 11:49 AM

Notice of Case Assignment to Judge Anna J. Brown and Discovery and Pretrial Scheduling Order. NOTICE: Counsel shall print and serve the summonses and all documents issued by the Clerk at the time of filing upon all named parties in accordance with Local Rule 3-5 . Discovery is to be completed by 4/8/2020. Joint Alternate Dispute Resolution Report is due by 5/8/2020. Pretrial Order is due by 5/8/2020. Ordered by Judge Anna J. Brown. (ecp)

Complaint - Intervenor
Tue 12/10 10:54 AM

Complaint. Filing fee in the amount of $400 collected. Agency Tracking ID: 0979-6115507. Filed by Anna Marie Motis against All Defendants. (Riddell, Sean) Modified on 12/10/2019 to correct event and add payment information(ecp)
Defendant David Jubb  Represented By Paula A. Barran  Barran Liebman LLP
Defendant Linfield College Represented By Paula A. Barran   Barran Liebman LLP
Plaintiff AnnaMarie Motis Represented By Sean J. Riddell

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Linfield College 2018-19 Catalog Trustees includes:

David R. Jubb, '71
1994, Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Reser's Fine Foods
Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
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https://www.linfield.edu/career/about-us/annamarie-motis-bio.html

A little about AnnaMarie!

Education:
Major: Political Science
Minor: Law, Rights, and Justice & Economics
Status: Junior
Hometown:
Homer & Nome, Alaska
Interview Tip:
Wear an outfit you feel over-the-top confident in, have certain stories in mind that highlight your strengths, and smile!!
Ask AnnaMarie About:
Leadership Opportunities on Campus & Document Editing
Favorite College Class:
United States Supreme Court
Favorite Quote:
"To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life." -The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Favorite City:
Portland, Oregon
Favorite Book:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Furthest Location Traveled:
Machu Picchu (Cuzco, Peru)

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Mules Tuhfa & Kerala, wagon master Wayne Beckwith, FBC Christmas Family Gathering, 12/1/2019, McMinnville