in 1997, the fcc said that the lcms's radio stations had violated the fcc's equal employment opportunity requirements. the fcc said that kfuo and kfuo-fm did not hire enough minorities, women, and non-lutherans. the lcms lost an appeal within the fcc, and then appealed to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. that court found, in lutheran church–missouri synod v. fcc (1998), that the fcc's requirements were unconstitutional.