CPB Re-elects Ramer To Second Term As Chairman

By ( Multichannel News ) published

Bruce Ramer has been re-elected to a second, one-year term as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

He was appointed to the board by President George Bush in 2008. Patricia Cahill, a 2009 appointment by President Barack Obama, was elected vice chair.

Ramer is an attorney with media firm Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, while Cahill is general manager of KCUR-FM Kansas City.

CPB oversees distribution of the government funding that represents, on average, about 15% of noncom station's budgets.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.