FCC Sets Panelists For DC Localism Hearing WASHINGTON -- October 29, 2007: The FCC has set the agenda and named the panelists for the sixth and last in its series of public hearings on localism and media ownership, set for Wednesday, October 31, at 9 a.m. ET in an FCC meeting room in Washington, DC.
On the agenda will be a presentation by the FCC's Media Bureau, a panel discussion, and a period for public comment.
Among the scheduled panelists: AFTRA National First VP Bob Edwards, former host of NPR's Morning Edition and now host of The Bob Edwards Show on XM Satellite Radio; Capital Broadcasting President/CEO Jim Goodman; Rainbow/PUSH Coalition President the Rev. Jesse Jackson; Media Access project President/CEO Andrew Jay Schwartzman; and NABEF President and NAB Television EVP Marcellus Alexander.
