UPCOMING EVENTS

September 2007

National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) 2007 Conference, Washington, DC, September 13-14, 2007

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications, 21st Annual Conference, Diversity 2.0: The New Protocol, New York, NY, September 16-18, 2007

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Hearing on Media Ownership: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 4 p.m to 11 p.m., Operation Push National Headquarters, Dr. Kings Workshop, 930 East 50th Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60615. Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

National Association of Minority Media Executives Leadership Development Institute Application Deadline, September 24, 2007

NTIA Public Meeting on DTV Converter Box Coupon Program: Public Meeting, Expo and Networking Event, Commerce Department auditorium and lobby, 1401 Consititution Ave., Washington, DC, September 25, 2007

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at FCC Headquarters, 445 12th St., NW, Washington, DC, in the Commission Meeting Room.  It will begin at 8:00 AM and end at 4:15 PM.

National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show, Radio Reignited, Charlotte, NC, September 26-28, 2007

National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, Fall Management Conference, Washington, DC, September 27-28, 2007 - contact NABOB at (202) 463-8970)

National Association of Broadcasters Small Market Group Roundtable, Austin, TX, September 27, 2007

National Association of Broadcasters Small Market Television Exchange, Austin TX, September 27-29, 2007

Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and Columbia Business School, Private Equity Acquisitions in Media and Telecom: Implications for Investing, Valuations, and Public Policy, New York, NY, September 28, 2007

October 2007

Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, 5th Annual Hispanic Television Summit 2007, New York, NY, October 3-4, 2007 For more information contact Sandy Friedman, Reed Business Information at safriedman@reedbusiness.com or call (646) 746-6740

Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizen Education Fund Telecommunications Symposium, Washington, DC, October 12, 2007

Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) State of the Telecom Industry conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 19, 2007

Community Broadcasters Association 2007 Convention, Las Vegas, NV, October 28-30, 2007

National Association of Minority Media Executives Leadership Development Institute, New York, NY, October 29 - November 1, 2007

November 2007

Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Digital TV/IPTV, New York, NY, November 2, 2007

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) 2007 Conference, Washington, DC, September 13-14, 2007

Press Release: Commerce’s NTIA Announces Agenda for Digital Television Public Meeting and Expo, Sept. 25: Full-Power TV Stations to Cease Analog Broadcasts, Switch to Digital after Feb. 17, 2009
• Press Release
• Comunicado de prensa en español
• DTV Meeting and Expo Agenda and Exhibiter List (Acrobat PDF 169 Kb)
Posted 09-10-2007

BROADCASTING

• FCC's Mass Media Bureau
• How to start a radio station
• Low Power FM
• Low Power TV
• How to apply for a broadcast station
• National Broadcast Ownership Rules

• MTDP Minority Ownership Statistics Reports
   - 2000 Changes, Challenges, and Charting New Courses: Minority Commercial Broadcast Ownership in the United States(PDF format)
   - 1998 Minority Commercial Broadcast Ownership in the United States
   - 1997 Minority Commercial Broadcast Ownership in the United States
   - 1994 Analysis and Compilation of Minority-Owned Commercial Broadcast Stations

• NTIA's Minority Ownership Roundtable, July 18, 2000.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCING

• Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF)
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC)

SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES

• Biz Tech-Connect Online Learning Tool
• Developing a business plan
• Federal Business Opportunities Procurement Portal
• Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
• Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
• Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy
• Telecommunications Terms

LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES

• House Commerce Committee
• House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
• Senate Commerce Committee
• Library of Congress

OTHER RESOURCES

• The Brauner Foundation
• COMPTEL
• CTIA- The Wireless Association
• FCC's Comunications Business Opportunities
• FCC's Common Carrier Bureau
• FCC's Media Bureau
• FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
• Latinos in Information Science and Technology Association (LISTA)
• Minority Media and Telecommunications Council
• National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB)
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Association of Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC)
• National Association of Minority Media Executives (NAMME)
• National Cable & Telecommunications Association
• Telecommunications Industry Association
• T. Howard Foundation
• U.S Commercial Service Global Diveristy Initiative to Assist Minority-Owned Firms Pursue International Trade
• US Telecom Association
• Walter Kaitz Foundation

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

OPAD/MTDP often accepts volunteer (unpaid) student interns to assist the professional staff. Interns are welcome for either a semester or longer duration. Depending upon the intern's interests, skills and experience s/he will have the opportunity to write as well as conduct research on cutting-edge policy issues. For more information contact: Sallianne Schagrin at sschagrin@ntia.doc.gov

Disclaimer: NTIA provides links to the websites of other public and private organizations for your information and convenience. NTIA does not endorse the products or services offered by these organizations.

For more information contact:

Maureen Lewis, mlewis@ntia.doc.gov
Minority Telecommunication Development Program
National Telecommunications & Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 4720
Washington, D.C. 20230
voice: (202) 482-8056 · fax: (202) 482-8058