Genachowski Names Wentzel, Mathias as Spectrum Policy Advisors

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has named two advisors to
help with, among other things, the FCC's spectrum policy and boosting mobile
broadband.

Renee Wentzel, a communications lawyer at Wiltshire &
Grannis, joins May 7. She will advise the chairman on wireless and technology
issues, including barriers to mobile broadband and unlicensed spectrum policy.

Charles Mathias, named special counsel, has been acting legal advisor and is the
former senior legal advisor to Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, who exited
last spring to join Comcast/NBCU. Mathias will be responsible for public safety
and homeland security issues, as well as "certain" spectrum policy.

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.