Because of the problem of lack of progress by minorities and women in the newsrooms of television and radio stations, a survey investigated the types of positions held by minority and non-minority men and women in broadcast news. Subjects, 730 news directors from non-satellite commercial TV stations and commercial radio stations, answered questionnaires about the number of minorities in the broadcast news work force. Findings showed that: (1) members of minority groups are only half as likely as whites to have managerial assignments, either top level or second level; (2) minority women, but not minority men, are filling a substantial number of rank and file news production jobs, which may lead to managerial positions; (3) minority women are as likely as non-minority men and women to be reporting or anchoring; (4) minority men are overrepresented in one of the lowest paying jobs in TV news, news camera operators; and (5) white women claim a substantial share of the work force and are being hired at a still higher rate than men, as are minority women--they are strongly represented in the managerial pipeline. However, few minorities have achieved positions of power as yet. (Five tables of data and 14 notes are included.) (MS)