Education

1969 Ph.D, Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dissertation: Second Service: A History of Commercial FM Broadcasting to 1969 (University Microfilms No. 70-3716)

1967 M.S., Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Thesis: WTMJ-FM: The Milwaukee Journal FM Station, 1939 to1965.

1965 B.S., Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Minors in history and mass communication.

Other Professional Experience

A. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Expert Witness: Mutual Broadcasting System v. Arlington County, 1999. Concerned defining a “broadcast service” for purposes of local taxation under Virginia law.

Trustee: Viacom/Paramount: Minority share holding in three Combined Communications major-market UHF commercial stations, 1994 to 1996 (pending an FCC rules change).

Consulting: includes National Association of Broadcasters, Benton Foundation, the governments of Chile and Venezuela, several universities, many publishers, etc.

On-Air Interview: THE CHARLES HERROLD STORY, produced by Mike Adams (PBS station KTEH, San Jose, CA, 1993). One of several interviewed subject specialists.

Reader: Radio Information Center for the Blind, Philadelphia, 1975 to 1980. Also served as chairman of the RICB board.

College Positions: Summer intern: WTMJ AM-FM-TV (Milwaukee Journal), Milwaukee, WI, 1965 and 1966;
Part-time announcer: WHA AM-FM-TV (Univ. Of Wisconsin), Madison, WI, 1961 to 1969.

B. GOVERNMENT TESTIMONY

"Remarks at Public Hearing on Broadcast Localism," invited testimony before the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Headquarters, Washington, DC, October 31, 2007.

“Thoughts on Developing a National Information Infrastructure.” Office of Management and Budget policy seminar, Old Executive Office Building, October 14, 1993.

Background Briefings before members and staff of House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Committee on Energy and Commerce), March 10, l983 and March 16, 1981.

“Electronic Media Ownership Concentration,” before House Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise (Committee on Small Business), March 3, 1980, printed in MEDIA CONCENTRATION: HEARINGS (PART 2), 96th Cong., 2nd Sess., pp.30-143.

C. MAJOR ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION ACTIVITY

BROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (BEA), Washington D.C. Elected member of Board of Directors 1983 to 1985, developed national convention program in 1985, Vice- Chairman, 1985 to 1986, Chairman, 1986 to 1988. Chair, publications committee, 1994-2000. (This is the national association for academic programs in electronic mass media.)

ACCREDITING COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION IN JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION (ACEJMC), member representing BEA 1986-90; served on accrediting teams to Universities of Florida (1988), Alaska Anchorage (1990), Alabama (1990), North Dakota (1991), Syracuse (1992), North Texas State (1992), Colorado (1992), and Kentucky (1997).