Mirelson to head FCC's Consumer Bureau

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Robert 'Doc' Mirelson has been named deputy chief of the Federal
Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, where he
will focus on consumer outreach.

Mirelson comes to the FCC from consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where he
developed public-information policies for government and private-sector clients
such as the Department of Defense, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and
the Internal Revenue Service.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Mirelson was a colonel in the U.S. Army and a
senior public-affairs officer. He served in the military for 29
years.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.