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FCC's Nashville lineup set

Both radio and television, commercial and not, will be represented at the two-panel FCC ownership forum in Nashville next Monday, along with newspapers, musicians, academics and a few frequent-testifying Washington DC imports. The grueling session will stretch from 1:00PM to 9:00PM. The first session, stretching from 1:00-5:00, is entitled :Issues Affecting the Music Recording Industry," and its panel is home to the Nashville musical community, along with Future of Music head watchdog Jenny Toomey, often cited at similar functions on Capitol Hill. Veteran broadcaster Bud Walters of Cromwell Radio will be on hand for this session. The second session is entitled "Nashville Market Overview and Issues Affecting Broadcasters and Independent Programmers," featuring Washington testimonial fixture Gene Kimmelman of the Consumers Union and several representatives of both the radio and television community. Each session allows two full hours for public comments. The session is being held at Belmont University's Massey Performing Arts Center.


Full list of panelists

1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - - Issues Affecting the Music Recording Industry

* Harold Bradley, International Vice-President of American Federation of Musicians; Country Music Hall of Fame inductee

* Rick Carnes, Songwriter; President of the Songwriters Guild of America

* Luke M. Froeb, William C. and Margaret W. Oehmig Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University

* Dobie Gray, Nashville Singer/Writer, Member, AFTRA

* George Jones, Recording Artist; Member, AFTRA

* Naomi Judd, Grammy Award Winner; Singer, Songwriter, Author, Actor and Activist

* Sharon Kay, General Manager, WFSK-FM Fisk University

* Jenny Toomey, Singer/Writer; Executive Director of the Future of Music Coalition

* Porter Wagoner, Nashville Singer/Writer; Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, Member, AFTRA

* Bud Walters, President, Cromwell Radio

* Craig Wiseman, Songwriter and Publisher, Big Loud Shirt Industries; Member, AFTRA and NSAI

* Christopher S. Yoo, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Technology and Entertainment Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - - Nashville Market Overview and Issues Affecting Broadcasters and Independent Programmers

* Gary W. Cunningham, Publisher and President, GCA Publishing; Member, AFCP; Nashville Community Newspapers

* Bob D'Andrea, Founder and President, Christian Television Network

* Elden Hale, Senior Vice President, Meredith Broadcasting Group, General Manager, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN

* John Heidelberg, President of Heidelberg Broadcasting and owner of WVOL-AM 1470

* Alex Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government

* Gene Kimmelman, Vice President for Federal and International Affairs, Consumer Union

* Ellen Leifeld, Publisher and President, The Tennessean

* Deborah A. McDermott, President, Young Broadcasting Inc.

* Terry Pefanis, Chief Operating Officer, Big Idea, Inc.

* Wendell Rawls, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and editor

* Debbie Turner, President and General Manager, News Channel 5 Network, Nashville, TN

* Ginny Welsch, Co-founder and Executive Director of 98.9 WRFN-LPFM Radio Free Nashville

* James Wolfe, former radio station and production and radio label executive




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