Division of legislative power of the state between the federal government and the constituentrnstates is one of the essential aspects in the Ethiopian federal arrangement. This thesisrninvestigates the legislative constitutional competence of the federal legislature for enactingrnMedia laws of national application in Ethiopia. The issue at the heart of the thesis is that thernconstitution has not clearly assigned the legislative jurisdiction in relation to media laws.rnThe FDRE Constitution has provided enumerated and limited powers to the federalrngovernment and bestowed residual power to the constituent states. Some of the enumeratedrnpowers, however, are stated in a general fashion. This creates ambivalence as to thernlegislative jurisdiction of media laws in Ethiopia. This thesis attempts to examine the locus ofrnjurisdiction of media law in view of the legislative division of power in the Ethiopianrnconstitution. To this end, it employs tools of legal review, doctrinal analysis and qualitativerndata obtained from interviews and Archival documents. Looking in retrospect thernconstitutionality of enacting broadcasting laws of national application by the federalrnlegislature in Ethiopia appears to be justified in three fundamental aspects. Firstly, thernfederal legislature has the power to legislate a law pertaining to natural resources andrnlimited radio wave is considered as one amongst them. Though digital media is replacingrntraditional radio wave broadcasting technology, it is still beneficial when mixed with thernnew. Secondly, the feature of broadcasting media has trans-regional as well as trans-nationalrnimpact which calls for federal regulation. Thirdly, the federal legislature can enact laws onrninter-state commerce and inter-state trade and broadcasting media has trans-staterncommercial aspect which demands federal regulation. Finally, the paper argues that mediarnlaws as part of the legal regime for the enforcement of freedom of expression rightsrnrecognized in the constitution falls within the concurrent jurisdictions of federal and staterngovernments which entitles the federal legislature to pass mass media laws.