FCC media ownership panelists
April 23, 2007 at 4:58 pm by Wayne GarciaJim Johnson over at The State of Sunshine says he’ll be on a panel at the FCC’s upcoming public hearing on media ownership rules. He’s getting some moral support online from fellow local bloggers, including Kelly Benjamin (Nabob of Nothing) and Kate Robinson (Out in Left Field). Not surprisingly, none is real happy about trying to compete in the face of media consolidation.
I’ve written our CL cover story for the upcoming week on the FCC review and Big Media. I’ll post a link on Wednesday as soon as it is posted on our website. In the course of reporting that story, I ran into some other folks who expect to be on the panels, including WBQN Hispanic radio GM Marc Vila, La Gaceta publisher Patrick Manteiga and WTMP-FM owner Dr. Glenn Cherry, who operates Tampa’s largest black radio station.
The FCC today released the agenda for the Tampa event but won’t list panelists until closer to the Monday hearing. The agenda is as follows:
(All Times EST)
4:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks
4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 1: Market Overview / Tampa, Florida Case Study
5:30 p.m. Public Comments
7:30 p.m. Break
8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion 2: Perspectives on Media Ownership
9:00 p.m. Public Comments
11:00 p.m. Wrap-Up/Adjournment
The moderator will be Louis Sigalos, Chief of the Consumer Affairs & Outreach Division, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC
For those not invited to be on panels, you can have 2 minutes of time in front of the five FCC commissioners to make your case about media ownership.
