Article Title

Measuring the Nexus: The Relationship Between Minority Ownership and Broadcast Diversity After Metro Broadcasting

Authors

Allen S. Hammond, IV, Santa Clara University School of Law

Document Type

Special Feature

Publication Date

5-1999

Publication Citation

51 Federal Communications Law Journal 627 (1999)

Abstract

In Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC, the Court found a nexus between minority ownership and diversity of viewpoint. The recent Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod v. FCC decision dismissed the government’s arguments that a nexus exists between minority employment in broadcast stations and greater diversity in broadcast programming, and that the government has an interest in fostering such diversity. Given the challenge of the Lutheran Church opinion and potentially significant changes in the regulation and operation of the broadcast market, sole reliance on Metro Broadcasting’s holdings may be ill advised and a new study documenting the continued existence of the nexus may be warranted.

Forum: New Approaches to Minority Media Ownership, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University.

Recommended Citation

Hammond,, Allen S. IV (1999) "Measuring the Nexus: The Relationship Between Minority Ownership and Broadcast Diversity After Metro Broadcasting," Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 51: Iss. 3, Article 6.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol51/iss3/6