FCC Public Hearing Details

Posted by Mary Mancini on December 10, 2006 under Uncategorized |

FCC Public Hearing Details
Date: Monday, December 11, 2006
Time: 1:00p.m.
Time to Line Up to Sign Up to Testify: 10:00a.m. (Your public comments will be limited to 2 minutes)
Location: Belmont University, Massey Performing Arts Center, Massey Concert Hall, 1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN, Belmont Campus Map and Directions

Agenda and List of Witnesses follows

1:00 p.m.: Welcome/Opening Remarks

1:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion – Issues Affecting the Music Recording Industry
Harold Bradley, International Vice-President of American Federation of Musicians and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee; Rick Carnes, Songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America; Luke M. Froeb, William C. and Margaret W. Oehmig Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University; Dobie Gray, International Recording Artist/Songwriter and member, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA); George Jones, Legendary Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, AFTRA member; Naomi Judd, Grammy Award Winner, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Actor and Activist; Sharon Kay, General Manager, WFSK-Fisk University; Jenny Toomey, Singer/Writer and Executive Director of the Future of Music Coalition; Porter Wagoner, Nashville Recording Artist/Writer, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, member, Grand Ole Opry, member, AFTRA; Bud Walters, President, Cromwell Radio; Craig Wiseman, Songwriter and Publisher, Big Loud Shirt Industries, Member, AFTRA and Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI); Christopher S. Yoo, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Technology and Entertainment Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

3:00 p.m.: Public Comments

5:00 p.m.: Break

5:20 p.m.: Welcoming Remarks

5:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion – Nashville Market Overview and Issues Affecting Broadcasters and Independent Programmers
Gary W. Cunningham, Publisher and President, GCA Publishing, Member, AFCP, Nashville Community Newspapers; Bob D’Andrea, Founder and President, Christian Television Network; Elden Hale, Senior Vice President, Meredith Broadcasting Group, General Manager, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN; John Heidelberg, President of Heidelberg Broadcasting and owner of
WVOL-AM 1470; Alex Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; Gene Kimmelman, Vice President for Federal and International Affairs, Consumer Union; Ellen Leifeld, Publisher and President, The Tennessean; Deborah A. McDermott, President, Young Broadcasting Inc.; Terry Pefanis, Chief Operating Officer, Big Idea, Inc.; Wendell Rawls, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and editor; Debbie Turner, President and General Manager, News Channel 5 Network, Nashville, TN; Ginny Welsch, Co-founder and Executive Director of 98.9 WRFN-LPFM Radio Free Nashville; James Wolfe, former radio station and production and radio label executive.

7:00 p.m.: Public Comments

9:00 p.m.: Adjournment

The moderator will be Henry Rivera, former FCC Commissioner.

A live audio cast of the hearing will be available at the FCC’s website at www.fcc.gov on a first-come, first-served basis. The public may also file comments or other documents with the Commission and should reference docket number 06-121 when filing by paper or submit your filing electronically by going to http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi and enter proceeding number 06-121. Filing instructions are provided at http://www.fcc.gov/ownership/comments.html

Sign language interpreters and open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation needed, and include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Please make your request as early as possible. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).

For additional information about the hearing, please visit the FCC’s website at http://www.fcc.gov/ownership. Press inquiries should be directed to Rebecca Fisher, at 202-418-2359, or David Fiske, at 202-418-0513. If you are a member of the press and plan to attend the hearing, please contact Rebecca Fisher or David Fiske.