On Friday, the FCC has released a new study of U.S. broadcast TV and radio station ownership that shows women held a majority interest in 10% of commercial broadcast stations, while men held a majority interest in 59% of commercial broadcast stations.
The FCC was not able to determine majority ownership in all stations. As a result, totals for men and women or totals for all races do not add to 100%.
The FCC also found that white persons held a majority ownership interest in 74% of commercial broadcast stations, while persons belonging to racial minority groups held a majority ownership interest in 5% of commercial broadcast stations.
Hispanic/Latino persons, who can be of any race, held a majority ownership interest in 6% of commercial broadcast stations while non-Hispanic/non-Latino persons held a majority ownership interest in 72% of commercial broadcast stations.
The FCC’s “Seventh Report on Ownership of Broadcast Stations” released on Jan. 10, is based on information from FCC Form 323 and Form 323-E ownership data as of Oct. 1.
The FCC began publishing aggregated ownership data in separate reports in 2012, following criticism from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Government Accountability Office regarding flaws in its data collection and dissemination.
The Seventh Report covers both commercial and noncommercial stations across five broadcast services: full-power television, Class A television, low-power television, AM radio, and FM radio.
As of October 1, 2023, there were approximately:
- 1,760 licensed full-power television stations
- 380 licensed Class A television stations
- 1,880 licensed low-power television stations
- 4,450 licensed AM radio stations
- 10,930 licensed FM radio stations.
If you're interested in more details, you can find the full report here.
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