FCC 'has not forgotten' minority ownership report

Federal Communications Commission members Mignon Clyburn Robert McDowell assured Minority Media and Telecom Council and others on July 19 that an overdue report on minority media ownership remains on the way.

The "section 257" report, mandated every three years by communications law, was due in 2009 to address barriers to media entry for small businesses. But the report has yet to make its way out of the agency. Minority groups have raised concerns this year about the lateness of the report. Commissioner Robert McDowell said the report is "in circulation" and "being edited."