Broadcast Industry Government Relations Representatives
Contact List

I. Broadcast Network Representatives

Mailing Addresses

Telephone, Facsimile,

E-mail

ABC/WALT DISNEY

Mr. Preston Padden

Executive Vice President

World Wide Government Relations

The Walt Disney Company

1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 400

Washington D.C.  20036

 

Mr. Mitch Rose

Vice President, Government Relations

The Walt Disney Company

1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 400

Washington D.C.  20036

 

Ms. Susan Fox

The Walt Disney Company

1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 400

Washington D.C.  20036

Phone: (202) 222-4750

Fax:     (202) 222-4798

E-mail: preston.r.padden@abc.com

 

 

 

 

Phone: (202) 222-4760

Fax:     (202) 222-4798

E-mail: mitch.rose@abc.com

 

 

 

Phone: (202) 222-4780

Fax:     (202) 222-4798

E-mail: susan.fox@abc.com

 

CBS/VIACOM/INFINITY/UPN

Ms. Carol Melton

Viacom Inc.

1501 M St., NW

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: (202) 785-0777

Fax:     (202) 785-6360

E-mail: carol.melton@viacom.com

FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY

 

Mr. Mike Regan

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Fox Broadcasting Company

444 North Capitol St. NW

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202) 824-6500

Fax:     (202) 824-6510

NBC

 

Bob Okun

Vice President, NBC Washington

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

11th Floor East

Washington, DC 20004

Phone: (202) 637-4545

Fax:     (202) 637-4548

 

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

 

Ms. Christine Essel

Senior Vice President, Public Affairs

Paramount Pictures

5555 Melrose Avenue

Hollywood, 90038-3197

Phone: (323) 956-5202

Fax:     (323) 862-0422

 

TELEMUNDO GROUP

 

Mr. Glenn Dryfoos

Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs

Telemundo Group Inc.

2290 W. 8th Ave.

Hialeah, FL 33010

Kevin Reed, Esq.

Phone: (305) 889-7266


 

UNIVISION/TELFUTURA

 

Scott R. Flick, Esq.

Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 663-8167

Fax:     (202) 663-8007

E-mail: scott.flick@shawpittman.com

 

WB/AOL TIME WARNER

 

Ms. Susan Brophy

Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy

AOL Time Warner

800 Connecticut Ave., NW  Suite 800

Washington, DC 20006

Phone:  (202) 530-3450

Fax:      (202) 457-8861

 

II. Broadcast Group

Owner Representatives

Mailing Addresses

Telephone, Facsimile,

E-mail

ALLBRITTON COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

Mr. Jerry Fritz

Vice President

Allbritton Communications Co.

800 17th Street, Suite 301

Washington, D.C.  20006

Phone: (202) 789-2130

Fax:     (202) 530-0318

E-mail: jfritz@allbrittontv.com

 

BAHAKEL COMMUNICATIONS

Russell Schwartz, Esq.

Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel

Bahakel Communications

P.O. Box 32488

Charlotte, NC 28232

Phone: (704) 372-4434

Fax:     (704) 358-3581

BELO CORPORATION

Ms. Regina Sullivan

VP, Government and Public Affairs

Belo Corporation

400 S. Record Street, 16th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202

Phone:  (214) 977-6619

Fax:     (214) 977-6603

DC:      (202) 661-8410

E-mail: rsullivan@belo.com

 

BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL

 

David Redd, Esq.

General Counsel

Bonneville International

Box 1160, Broadcast House

Salt Lake City, UT 84110

Phone:   (801) 575-7500

Fax:       (801) 575-7548

 

 

 

CAPITOL BROADCASTING

Mike Hill, Esq.

Vice President and General Counsel

Capitol Broadcasting

2619 Western Blvd.

Raleigh, NC 27606

Phone: (919) 821-8730

Fax:     (919) 821-8733

 

CHANNEL SIX INC.

Kenneth C. Howard, Jr., Esq.

Baker & Hostetler, LLP

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 861-1580

Fax:     (202) 861-1783

E-mail: khoward@bakerlaw.com

CITADEL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

Gregory A. Weingart, Esq.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

600 Grant Street
44th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Phone:   (412) 566-6062

Fax:       (412) 566-6099

E-mail: gaw@escm.com

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.

 

Kenneth E. Wyker, Esq.

Senior VP and General Counsel

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

200 E. Basse Road

San Antonio, TX 78209

 

Richard J. Bodorff, Esq.

Wiley Rein & Fielding

1776 K St., NW

Washington, DC 20036

Phone:   (210) 832-3321

Fax:       (210) 832-3428

E-mail: kenwyker@clearchannel.com

 

 

 

Phone: (202) 719-3145

Fax:     (202) 719-7049

E-mail: rbodorff@wrf.com

COX BROADCASTING COMPANY

Mr. Alexander Netchvolodoff

Vice President, Government Relations

Cox Broadcasting Company

1225 19th Street, N.W., Suite 450

Washington, D.C.  20036

Phone: (202) 296-4933

Fax:     (202) 296-4651

E-mail: alex.netchvolodoff@cox.com

 

COX ENTERPRISES, INC.

Ms. Sherry Hubbard

Director of Operations, Public Policy Office

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

1255 19th Street, N.W., Suite 450

Washington, D.C.  20036

Phone: (202) 296-4933

Fax:      (202) 296-4951

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

 

Richard Denning, Esq.

General Counsel

Cumulus Media Inc.

3535 Piedmont Road

Building 14, Suite 1400

Atlanta, Georgia  30305 

Phone:  (404) 949-0700

Fax:      (404) 949-0740

DISPATCH BROADCAST GROUP

Mr. Michael Fiorile

President and CEO

Dispatch Broadcast Group

770 Twin Rivers Drive

Columbus, OH 42315

Phone: (614) 460-3700

Fax:     (614) 460-289

 

DUHAMEL  BROADCASTING

ENTERPRISES

Mr. William Duhamel

Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises

Box 1760

Rapid City, SD 57709

Phone: (605) 342-2000

Fax:     (605) 342-7305

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS

Mr. Chuck Hillier

Vice President, Government Relations

Emmis Communications

P.O. Box 99

Hinsdale, IL  60521

Phone: (630) 321-9230

Fax:     (630) 321-9231

E-mail: chillier@Q101.emmis.com

EMMIS INTERNATIONAL

Ms. Deborah Smulyan

Emmis International

1199 North Fairfax Street, 3rd Floor

Alexandria, VA  22314

Phone: (703) 535-3118

Fax:     (703) 535-3119

E-mail: dsmulyan@compuserve.com

 

ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

John Donlevie, Esq.

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Entercom Communications Corporation

401 City Ave., Suite 409

Bala-Cynwyd, PA 19004

Phone:  (610) 660-5610

Fax:      (610) 660-5620

ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 

Michael G. Rowles, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Entravision Communications Corporation

2425 Olympic Blvd., Suite 6000W

Los Angeles, CA 90404

Phone:  (310) 447-3870

Fax:      (310) 447-3899

E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY (THE)

Mr. William J. (Bill) Brooks

Vice President, Government Relations

The E.W. Scripps Company

Paramount Building

139 North County Road, Suite 20-B

Palm Beach, FL  33480

Phone: (561) 655-5503

Fax:     (561) 655-5122

E-mail: brooks@scripps.com

 

FISHER COMMUNICATIONS

Mr. Ben Tucker

President

Fisher Communications

600 University Street, Suite 1525

Seattle, WA 98101

Phone:  (206) 404-7000

Fax:      (206) 404-7050

GANNETT COMPANY, INC.

 

 

Ms. Mimi Feller

Sr. Vice President, Government Relations

Gannett Company, Inc.

1100 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA  22209

Phone: (703) 284-6000

Fax:     (703) 276-5548

E-mail: mfeller@gcl.gannett.com

 

GOCOM

 

Steve Brissette, Esq.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

4101 Lake Boone Trail

Suite 300

Raleigh, NC 27607-7506

Phone:  (919) 781-4000

Fax:      (919) 781-4865

E-mail: sbrissette@wyrick.com

GRANITE COMMUNICATIONS

Tom W. Davidson, Esq.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

1676 International Drive, Penthouse Level

McLean, VA 22102

Phone: (703) 891-7500

Fax:     (703) 891-7501

E-mail: tdavidson@akingump.com

GRAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

Robert Beizer, Esq.

Gray Communications Systems, Inc.

1201 New York Ave., NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20005-3917

Phone: (202) 962-4820

Fax:     (202) 962-8300

E-mail: rbeizer@venable.com

HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION

 

Mr. David Barrett

President and Co-CEO

Hearst-Argyle Television

888 7th Avenue, 27th Floor

New York, NY 10106

 

Ms. Susan C. Buck

Government Affairs Consultant

Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP

1776 K St. NW

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (212) 887-6800

Fax:     (212) 887-6875

 

 

 

 

Phone: (202) 719-4270

Fax:     (202) 719-7049

E-mail: sbuck@wrf.com

HORIZON BROADCASTING CORPORATION

 

Henry Solomon, Esq.

Garvey Schubert & Barer

5th Floor, 1000 Potomac Street, NW

Washington, DC 20007

Phone:  (202) 965-7880

Fax:      (202) 965-1729

E-mail: hsolomon@gsblaw.com

 

HUBBARD BROADCASTING

Mr. Stanley S. Hubbard

Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

3415 University Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55114

Phone: (651) 646-5555

JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS

James R. Bayes, Esq.

Wiley Rein & Fielding

1776 K St., NW

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 719-7064

Fax:     (202) 719-7049

E-mail: jbayes@wrf.com

JOURNAL COMMUNICATIONS

Paul Kritzer, Esq.

Corporate Attorney

Journal Communications

333 West State Street

Milwaukee, WI 53203

Phone: (414) 224-2374

Fax:     (414) 224-2469

 

K-SIX TELEVISION, INC.

David D. Oxenford, Jr., Esq.

Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 663-8128

Fax:     (202) 663-8007

E-mail: david.oxenford@shawpittman.com

LIBERTY BROADCASTING

 

John E. Logan, Esq.

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, 10th Floor

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 772-1981

Fax:     (202) 318-4257

E-mail: jelogan@verizonmail.com

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

Mr. Gary Chapman

President and CEO

Lin Television Corporation

4 Richmond Square

Providence, RI 02906

 

Mr. Greg Schmidt

Vice President, New Development and General Counsel

Lin Television Corporation

11 Dupont Circle, Suite 365

Washington, D.C.  20036

Phone: (401) 454-2880

Fax:     (401) 454-2817

 

 

 

 

Phone: (202) 462-6001

Fax:     (202) 462-8285

E-mail: greg.Schmidt@lintv.com

 

MEREDITH BROADCASTING GROUP, MEREDITH CORPORATION

Mr. Jerry Hadenfelt

Director of Government Relations

Meredith Broadcasting Group, Meredith Corporation

1716 Locust Street

Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone: (515) 284-2780

Fax:     (515) 284-2511

MEDIA GENERAL BROADCAST GROUP

 

George Mahoney, Esq.

General Counsel

Media General Broadcast Group

333 East Franklin Street,

Richmond, Va. 23219

Phone: (804) 649-6000

Fax:     (804) 649-6898

 

MIDWEST TELEVISION

Ellen Goodman, Esq.

Covington & Burling

1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

Phone: (202) 662-5179

Fax:     (202) 778-5179

E-mail: egoodman@cov.com

MILLENIUM RADIO GROUP, LLC

 

Mr. Charlie W. Banta

President

Mercury Capital Partners

220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite D

Amerherst, NY  14228

Phone: (716) 639-9300, ext. 2

Fax:     (716) 639-8809

E-mail:

cbanta@mercurycapitalpartners.com

 

MORGAN MURPHY STATIONS

Ms. Elizabeth Murphy Burns

President

Morgan Murphy Stations

Box 44965

Madison, WI 53774-4965

Phone: (608) 271-4321

Fax:     (608) 278-5568

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS

 

 

15405 S.E. 37th St., Suite 130

Bellevue, WA 98006

Phone: (425) 653-2310

Fax:     (425) 653-2454

NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY (THE)

 

Mr. Ron Walter
Vice President, Government and Cable Relations

The New York Times Broadcast Group

803 Channel 3 Drive
Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: (901) 543-2103

Fax:     (901) 543-2384

PAPPAS TELECASTING COMPANIES

Mr. Harry Pappas

President and CEO

Pappas Telecasting Companies

500 South Chinowith Road

Visalia, CA 93277

Phone: (559) 733-7800

Fax:     (559) 733-7878

 

PAXTON MEDIA GROUP

 

Jonathan D. Blake, Esq.

Covington and Burling

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Phone: (202) 662-5506

Fax:     (202) 778-5506

E-mail: jblake@cov.com

 

PEGASUS BROADCAST

Ms. Cheryl Crate

Vice President

Pegagus Broadcast

2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 500

Arlington, VA  22202

Phone: (703) 486-5628

Fax:     (610) 934-7121

Cell:     (202) 262-6839

E-mail: Cheryl.crate@pgtv.com

 

POST-NEWSWEEK

Mr. Alan Frank

President

Post-Newsweek Stations Inc.

3 Constitution Plaza

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: (860) 493-6530

Fax:     (860) 493-2490

 

QUORUM BROADCASTING

 

Mr. David Pulido

Executive Vice President

Quorum Broadcasting

10 New England Business Center

Andover, MA 01810

Phone: (978) 557-0700

Fax:     (978) 557-1066

 

RAYCOM MEDIA

 

Ms. Rebecca S. Bryan

Vice President and General Counsel

Raycom Media

201 Monroe St, 20th Floor

Montgomery, AL 36104

Phone: (334) 206-1435

Fax:     (334) 206-1554

E-mail: