Sec. 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.

    Note 1: For purposes of applying the diversity preference to such 
entities only the other ownership interests of those with a 1% or more 
beneficial interest in the entity will be cognizable.

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    Note 2: For the purposes of this section, a daily newspaper is one 
which is published four or more days per week, which is in the English 
language, and which is circulated generally in the community of 
publication. A college newspaper is not considered as being circulated 
generally.
    Note 3: For the purposes of applying the diversity preference, the 
ownership interests of the spouse of an applicant's principal will not 
presumptively be attributed to the applicant.

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