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Get The 'Legal Lowdown' At The Hispanic Radio Conference
MIAMI -- April 15, 2008: Radio Ink will present the "Legal Lowdown" panel at the Hispanic Radio Conference, set for May 19-20 at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami-Coral Gables, FL. From the FCC's recent ban on advertising discrimination to battles over streaming royalty fees, copyrights, and the proposed Congressional "performance tax" legislation, the panel will cover all the hot issues facing Hispanic broadcasters today.
Frank Montero will moderate this panel of top legal experts. Montero is co-Managing Partnerof Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, where he focuses on telecommunications, broadcasting, media, and technology, and he serves on the board of directors of the Independent Spanish Broadcasters Association, an organization he co-founded.
Joining Montero will be Ralph Barlow, District Director/Tampa Field Office for the FCC; David Honig, Exec. Director, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council; Jane Mago, SVP/General Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Department, NAB; and former FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani, now Counsel at Spiegel & McDiarmid in Washington, DC.
Barlow has been supervising the Tampa Field office of the FCC since 1974. The office handles on-scene investigations, inspections, and audits in response to complaints and in support of the commission's operations. It also works with other federal Agencies, local government officials, consumer groups, and private industry groups on communications-related matters.
Honig co-founded the MMTC, which currently represents 62 minority, civil rights, and religious national organizations in selected proceedings before the FCC. Honig was a lead advocate in the FCC's recent proposal to eliminate "no urban dictate" ad practices.
Mago spent more than 26 years at the FCC before joining the NAB. Her areas of expertise include constitutional issues, FCC ownership rules, political broadcasting, EEO, administrative law, enforcement, and licensing matters.
Tristani was an former FCC Commissioner from 1997 to 2001. During her tenure, she advocated for minority ownership of broadcast properties and for EEO rules, among other issues. At Spiegel & McDiarmid, she represents clients regarding broadcasting, cable, wireless, and other telecommunications-related issues. She also serves on the FCC's Consumer Advisory Committee.
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Hispanic Radio Conference Sponsors:
Platinum
Univision
Gold
Interep
Silver
ESPN Deportes Radio
Bronze
Megatrax
Corporate
StreamTheWorld
Bayliss Foundation
Broadcasters' Foundation
Media
Latin Vision
MMTC
Hispanic PR Wire
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