Copps Takes Initial Steps Toward Boosting Minority Ownership

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps said it is time to do something about boosting minority ownership in broadcasting and he has put in motion the process to provide legal justification and factual underpinnings for doing so. "The Chairman is absolutely right," said Minority Media & Telecommunications Council Executive Director David Honig. Minority ownership policies are sustainable if the necessary research is done thoroughly and objectively. The commission undertook that work in 2000, dropped the ball, and now we're glad to see that Copps has picked it up." MMTC has long advocated for greater minority participation, as well as greater FCC enforcement of civil rights.