FCC's Media Relations Office Staffs Up

By John Eggerton
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The FCC has made some changes in its media relations department following the just-announced departure of press secretary Tina Pelkey and the exit of a couple of other spokespeople, Mark Wigfield and Neil Grace. 

Anne Veigle, who had been director of public affairs at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), is joining the commission as director of public affairs. NTIA oversees government agency spectrum and is the President's chief communications policy advisor. Before joining NTIA, Veigle was associate managing editor of Communications Daily and SVP for USTelecom. 

Brian Hart remains director of communications. Wil Wiquist, deputy press secretary, becomes associate director of communications and policy advisor.  

Katie Gorscak will become senior communications advisor. She had been director of communications for the Connect2Health Task Force. 

No replacement was announced for Pelkey, who is exiting for a communications post at aerospace company Blue Origin. 

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.