Latinos comprise over 16% of the U.S., but only own a handful of TV and radio stations. NHMC will advocate for policies and opportunities to diversify broadcast and other media platforms, in terms of ownership, leadership and employment. It will seek greater transparency from media companies on their diversity figures. It will monitor and report on diversity efforts at ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and Comcast pursuant to Memoranda of Understanding it has with those entities. Finally, NHMC will celebrate passage of the Local Community Radio Act by educating individuals and organizations about how to apply for their own low power radio stations so that they may bring more diverse voices to their local airwaves.
In comments filed at the FCC, NHMC urged the Commission to complete its incentive auction process in a way that will maintain as much quality broadcast service for the Latino community as possible, adequately notify individuals that will lose...
The Commission Has Not Yet Analyzed The Impact Of Its Rules On Ownership Diversity
Washington, D.C. - The National Hispanic Media Coalition ("NHMC") yesterday filed comments concerning the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC...
Today, NHMC joined more than 400 groups in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology urging Congress to allow the FCC to carry out its upcoming incentive auction process with an eye towards...
[SOURCE: billmoyers.com, AUTHOR: Alex Nogales]
The Federal Communications Commission is on the cusp of making a decision that could clear the way for greater media consolidation in this country. Such a decision would run counter to the FCC’s...
National Hispanic Leadership Agenda to FCC:
Do Not Relax Broadcast Ownership Limits Without First Adequately Analyzing Impact of Broadcast Consolidation on Ownership Diversity
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (...
Today, NHMC and a number of leading civil rights groups sent a letter to the FCC urging it to seek comment on recently released data about media ownership by women and people of color before moving forward with proposed changes to media ownership...
Over 20 Grassroots Organizations Urge FCC To Consider Diversity Before Relaxing Rules
Washington, D.C. - The National Hispanic Media Coalition ("NHMC") and the Media Action Grassroots Network ("MAG-Net"), joined by multiple...
FCC Allegedly Poised To Relax Media Ownership Limits Despite Evidence That Such Action Would Reduce Ownership Opportunities for Women and People Of Color
Washington, D.C.– Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC...
The Leadership Conference Urges That Ownership Data Be Collected And Analyzed Before Any Change
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the...
In the coming years, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") will implement an auction that will transfer significant blocks of spectrum from television broadcasters to wireless broadband providers. As the FCC takes the first steps...
In a letter filed today at the FCC, NHMC and others expressed continuing opposition to the Tribune Company's request for a waiver of the newspaper-broadcast cross ownership rule. NHMC, et al. filed a Petition to Deny these waivers at the FCC...
NHMC's mission is to improve the image of American Latinos as portrayed by the media, increase the number of American Latinos employed in all facets of the media and telecommunications industries, and advocate for media and telecommunication...
[Source: The Los Angeles Times, Author: Jim Puzzanghera]
Lawyers from Tribune and its senior creditors — a group led by Oaktree Capital Management, Angelo Gordon & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co. — have been meeting with FCC...
National Hispanic Media Coalition, Center for Rural Strategies and Center for Media Justice Urge FCC To Tighten Broadcast Ownership Limits To Open Doors For Diverse And Local Owners
Clear Channel Radio Is Just One Example Of How Of Media...
By: Fabiola Rivas
For over a decade, NHMC has been illuminating the growing Latino market at its annual meetings with the four major English-language television networks. NHMC’s President and CEO, Alex Nogales, regularly explains that hiring...
[SOURCE: The Boston Globe, AUTHOR: Johnny Diaz]
On a recent episode of NBC comedy “30 Rock,’’ Tina Fey’s character held up a book called “Learn Spanish’’ and declared that she would finally learn the...
In Comments filed by the Institute for Public Representation, NHMC and other urged the FCC to adopt the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age and add a "Disadvantage Preference"...
On February 2, NHMC joined other major major civil rights organizations, media reform organizations, public policy institutes, labor organizations, academics, and other organizations and individuals concerned about the lack of racial and...
The National Latino Media Council (NLMC) issued its annual report cards last month grading the four major television networks on their efforts to diversify employment in front and behind the camera. At that time, I noted that while the networks...
Washington, D.C. This evening more than three dozen organizations filed a letter calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate collection of equal employment opportunity, or “EEO”, data. The letter was submitted in...
Today NHMC filed reply comments with the FCC, urging the agency to promptly reinstate collection of valuable EEO data. From 1970 through 2000, the FCC collected data about the gender and racial make-up of broadcast...
Ray Suarez and guest panelists, Joe Torres, Jessica Gonzalez, and Tyrone Brown discuss the Memorandum of Understanding made between Comcast and Latino Organizations where Comcast agrees to extend Spanish program if the merger with NBC is approved....
Ray Suarez and guest panelists Jessica Gonzalez, Joe Torres and Tyrone Brown discuss why media ownership makes a difference in programming and portrayal of Latinos who reside in the US.
In furtherance of its goal to ensure that Comcast and NBCU increase efforts to diversify their workforce, corporate governance, procurement, philanthropy and community investments, and programming, NHMC signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding...
The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc., Prometheus Radio Project, Media Alliance, National Organization for Women, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Common Cause, and Benton Foundation are pleased that the FCC has begun a...
All broadcast stations are licensed through the FCC to serve the public. NHMC has a history of challenging the licenses of stations that are not in compliance with the FCC's ownership regulations or that fail to fulfill their public service...
The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc., Prometheus Radio Project, Media Alliance, National Organization for Women, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Communications Workers of America, The Benton Foundation, Common...
