Equal Employment Opportunity

The FCC has Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules and policies for radio broadcasters that prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or gender by broadcasters. The rules specifically for MVPDs also prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of age. The EEO rules require broadcasters employing five or more full-time employees, and MVPDs employing six or more full-time employees, to maintain an EEO recruitment program. The recruitment rules include requirements to provide notice of job vacancies and to undertake additional outreach measures to all qualified job candidates, such as holding job fairs and establishing scholarship programs.