Women and People of Color Pushed Off the Radio Dial
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New Study: Women and People of Color Pushed Off the Radio Dial
Study Offers First Complete Picture of Female and Minority Radio Ownership FCC Abandons Responsibility to Foster Diversity on the Airwaves |
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| WASHINGTON - JUNE 4 - The first comprehensive analysis of radio station ownership, Off the Dial finds that while women and people of color make up two-thirds of the population, they control just one-eighth of the country’s full-power radio stations. The study argues that pro-consolidation policies have prevented women and people of color to owning more radio stations. “Consolidation continues to push out female and minority owners and raise insurmountable barriers that shut out prospective buyers,â€? said S. Derek Turner, research director of Free Press and author of the study. “Any FCC policies aimed at promoting media diversity are doomed to fail if the destructive impact of consolidation is ignored.” Off the Dial follows Out of the Picture, an analysis of broadcast television stations released last year, which found similarly low levels of female and minority ownership. “Diversity in communications is the civil rights issue of the 21st century — one that our nation has yet to take seriously,” said Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR). “Minorities and women are not just consumers — they have the right and the obligation to be stewards in our nation’s communications. It is long past time for the FCC to act and reverse this problem.” The full study will be available tomorrow morning at http://www.freepress.net and http://www.stopbigmedia.com. ### |
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