---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.1621"
title: "47"
number: "1.1621"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.1621"
---

# §1.1621. Definitions.

- (a) **Medium of mass communications—** means:
  - (1) A daily newspaper;
  - (2) A cable television system; and
  - (3) A license or construction permit for
    - (i) A television station, including low power TV or TV translator,
    - (ii) A standard (AM) radio station,
    - (iii) An FM radio station,
    - (iv) A direct broadcast satellite transponder under the editorial control of the licensee, and
    - (v) **A Multipoint Distribution Service station.**
- (b) **Minority group—** means:
  - (1) Blacks,
  - (2) Hispanics
  - (3) American Indians,
  - (4) Alaska Natives,
  - (5) Asians, and
  - (6) **Pacific Islanders.**
- (c) Owner means the applicant and any individual, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, or corporation which:
  - (1) If the applicant is a proprietorship, is the proprietor,
  - (2) If the applicant is a partnership, holds any partnership interest,
  - (3) If the applicant is a trust, is the beneficiary thereof,
  - (4) If the applicant is an unincorporated association or non-stock corporation, is a member, or, in the case of a nonmembership association or corporation, a director,
  - (5) If the applicant is a stock corporation, is the beneficial owner of voting shares.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 27202, June 13, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 5992, Feb. 13, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309(i).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 27202, June 13, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 27202, June 13, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 5992, Feb. 13, 1985]