FCC Media Bureau Names New Deputy Chief

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Sarah Whitesell has been named deputy chief of the FCC's Media Bureau. She had been associate bureau chief.

FCC Chairman
Julius Genachowski said she would play a "leadership role in shaping
policies" on ownership, kids issues and transactions, among other issues
within the bureau's purview.

Whitesell
has been with the bureau since 2005 and, before that, was associate
chief of the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, associate
chief of the Cable Bureau and advisor to a pair
of commissioners.

Whitesell joins three other deputy chiefs, Robert Ratcliffe, Kris Montieth, and Michelle Carey.

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.