U.S. PIRG Consumer Blog: FCC Announces Harrisburg hearing panelists

We're excited that PennPIRG director Beth McConnell is one of the 8 official pre-selected panelists speaking this Friday February 23rd at an FCC hearing on media ownership and consolidation in Harrisburg, PA. After the panels conclude, any member from the public is also encouraged to speak from the floor. All 5 commissioners are expected to attend. More details on event. Here's where: Sunoco Theatre at the Whitaker Center for the Performing Arts (maps and directions) at 222 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA). Schedule:

9:00 a.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks

9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion (Subject to change)
1. W. Cody Anderson, President & CEO of ACG Associates
2. Bill Baldwin, Executive Vice President of Hall Communications and General Manager of WROZ-FM and WLPA-AM, Lancaster, PA, and WSJW-FM, York, PA
3. Jim Haigh, Mid-Atlantic Community Papers Association
4. Charles Layton, American Journalism Review staff writer
5. Lauri Lebo, York Daily Record reporter and owner of WWII 720 AM
6. H. Joseph Lewin, President of Harrisburg Television, Inc. and General Manager of WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA
7. Beth McConnell, Director of PennPIRG
8. Paul Quinn, President and General Manager, WGAL(TV), Lancaster, PA

10:30 a.m. Public Comment
12:30 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. Public Comment
2:30 p.m. Adjournment