Despite the ongoing legal and regulatory battle over media ownership policy, control of broadcast outlets among racial and ethnic minorities and women has remained at critically low levels. The Federal Communication Commission’s latest proposal, an Incubator program, relies on the idea that new, small entities can be created by incentivizing existing media companies to foster new entrants in exchange for additional ownership consolidation at the local level. This article traces the FCC’s efforts on minority ownership policy, examines relevant literature on the relationship between minority ownership and diversity, and reports empirical data regarding minority focused content production by a variety of ownership types to determine what ownership structures are currently producing minority focused content. The data suggest that the FCC has been correct to focus on smaller ownership structures. The article concludes with a proposal for the FCC to undertake to put stations in the hands of minority owners.

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孵化一些经验证据：少数族裔所有权政策和FCC的孵化器计划

尽管在媒体所有权政策方面正在进行法律和监管斗争，但种族和少数族裔与妇女之间对广播网的控制仍处于极低的水平。联邦通信委员会的最新提议是孵化器计划，该想法基于以下想法：可以通过激励现有的媒体公司来培养新进入者，从而创建新的小型实体，以换取地方一级的更多所有权合并。本文追溯了FCC在少数族裔所有权政策方面的努力，研究了有关少数族裔所有权与多样性之间关系的相关文献，并报告了有关各种所有权类型的少数族裔关注内容生产的经验数据，以确定当前哪种所有权结构正在产生少数族裔关注内容。数据表明，FCC专注于较小的所有权结构是正确的。文章最后提出了一项建议，要求FCC承担将电台交由少数人拥有者的责任。