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1 MEDIA BUREAU SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT LIST Contact a Subject Matter Expert by or Phone. ALL PRESS INQUIRIES Janice.Wise@fcc.gov en Español Abuse of Process - Non Hearing Thomas.Nessinger@fcc.gov Access to Multiple Dwelling Units Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Accounting Issues Wireline Competition Bureau Aeronautical Frequency Issues Enforcement Legal Allocations Engineering Notifications Non-Cable MVPD Notifications Usage/Cumulative Leakage Index (CLI) - Form 320 FM Enforcement Bureau Sean.Mirzadegan@fcc.gov Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov John.Kiefer@fcc.gov Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Carol.Thomas@fcc.gov Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Nazifa.Sawez@fcc.gov Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov AM Application Status Faith.Hodge@fcc.gov AM Directional Antenna Son.Nguyen@fcc.gov AM Expanded Band Susan.Crawford@fcc.gov AM Technical Standards Applications Audio Division Annual Cable Operator Report Form 325 Gloria.Conway@fcc.gov
2 Appeals of Local Rate Decisions - Status Claudia.Tillery@fcc.gov Application Filing Fees Media Bureau FCC Application Status Assignments or Transfers - Legal Policy CARS Attribution Rules for Broadcast Station Ownership Equity/Debt Plus Auctions Procedures for Broadcasters Audio Division Video Division Aural Modulation Measurement Auxiliary Antennas/Transmitters Filing Fee Guide Application Filing Fees David.Trout@fcc.gov Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov Michael.Wagner@fcc.gov Benjamin.Arden@fcc.gov David.Roberts@fcc.gov Benjamin.Arden@fcc.gov Lisa.Scanlan@fcc.gov Thomas.Nessinger@fcc.gov Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov John.Gabrysch@fcc.gov Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov Sean.Yun@fcc.gov Dale.Bickel@fcc.gov Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov Blackout of Programming Steven.Broeckaert@fcc.gov Broadcast Blanketing Interference Arthur.Doak@fcc.gov Dale.Bickel@fcc.gov Page 2
3 Broadcast License Applications Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Broadcast Signal Carriage by Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) Broadcast Station License Broadcast Television Networks & Affiliates CableCARDS Cable Horizontal and Vertical Integration Cable Interior Wiring Legal Issues Technical Issues Cable Modems (Broadband) Cable Ownership & Attribution Rules Cable Price Survey Cable Rate Regulation Cable Signal Quality Standards Cable System Operator Changes Cable Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) System Registrations Cable Technical Questions Cable Technical Standards and Related Issues Page 3
4 Cable Television Relay System (CARS) License Applications Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Status Technical Questions/Waivers Transfers/Assignments Call Sign Helpdesk Technical Application Support CDBS (Consolidated DataBase System) Channels 14 & 69 Interference with Mobile Radio Character Qualifications Children s Television Children's Television Programming Renewal Citizens' Agreement Gloria.Conway@fcc.gov Sean.Yun@fcc.gov callsign@fcc.gov Tammie.Love@fcc.gov Grace.Teaney@fcc.gov James.Bradshaw@fcc.gov Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov Technical Support Hotline John.Gabrysch@fcc.gov Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov Sean.Yun@fcc.gov Tom.Hutton@fcc.gov Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov David.Roberts@fcc.gov David.Roberts@fcc.gov Peter.Saharko@fcc.gov Stephanie.Brown@fcc.gov Irene.Bleiweiss@fcc.gov Class A Television Service Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov Page 4
5 Closed Captioning Legal Matters Informal Complaints Policy Questions TTY (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) COALS (Cable Operations and Licensing System) Electronic Filing Technical Support Commercial Leased Access Commercials Political (Lowest Unit Charge) Community of License Changes AM FM (Legal) FM (Engineering) Compatibility between Cable System and Consumer Equipment Competition Report Congressional Inquiries Congressional Review Act (MB Representatives) Contests Enforcement Bureau Conversion to Digital Television Page 5
6 Copyright Must-Carry Copyright Office Creation of New Low Power Radio Station Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations Daytime Broadcasting AM Radio Definition of Radio Markets Digital Audio Broadcasting Digital Declaratory Ruling Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/ Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) (Note: This is not related to digital /D) Digital Television (A)(D)(HD) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Licensing Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Industry/Penetration Licensing Local Signal Availability/ Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) International Bureau Direct Measurement of Power (BZ) Directional Antennas (AM & FM) AM FM Audio Division Discounts (Bulk, Promo, MDU) Page 6
7 Dismissal of E and F Channel Applications Dismissal of Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) Applications Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Diversity Proceeding Jamila-Bess.Johnson@fcc.gov D Broadcast Standards Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov John.Gabrysch@fcc.gov Sean.Yun@fcc.gov D Public Interest Issues Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov D Specific Channels D Standards for Cable Carriage Alan.Stillwell@fcc.gov (Office of Engineering Technology) Alison.Neplokh@fcc.gov D Towers Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov Dual Network Rule (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Ty.Bream@fcc.gov Due Diligence Requests Political Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Hope.Cooper@fcc.gov Yvonne.Harris@fcc.gov Educational Access Channels Holly.Saurer@fcc.gov Effective Competition Legal Matters Status Inquiries Emergency Alert Service Karen.Kosar@fcc.gov Steve.Garner@fcc.gov Bonnie.Hauther@fcc.gov (Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau) Environmental Rules (non-rf) Michael.Wagner@fcc.gov Page 7
8 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Rules & Policies Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Discrimination Complaints EEO Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Certification Status & All Other Inquiries All Other Inquiries Equipment Compatibility Legal Questions Technical Questions (Office of Engineering Technology) Establishment of a Class A Service Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov FAA Clearance Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Problems Arthur.Doak@fcc.gov Federal Register (MB Liaison with Office of the Secretary) Shirley.Suggs@fcc.gov Fees for Ancillary/Supplementary Use of D Spectrum Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov FM Blanketing Interference Arthur.Doak@fcc.gov Dale.Bickel@fcc.gov FM Boosters Technical Robert.Gates@fcc.gov FM Technical Standards Arthur.Doak@fcc.gov FM Translators Robert.Gates@fcc.gov Page 8
9 Foreign Ownership Forms: Copies Best Copying and Printing Questions Regarding OMB Approval of FCC Forms and Other Information Collections Form Cumulative Leakage Index Assistance Sean.Mirzadegan@fcc.gov Carol.Thomas@fcc.gov Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Form Aeronautical Frequency Notification Assistance Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Form Cable Registration Assistance Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Form Ownership Reports Chandler.Bryant@fcc.gov Form Cable System Operator Changes Assistance Steve.Curtis@fcc.gov Form Annual Cable Operator Report Sean.Mirzadegan@fcc.gov Form Cable Television Relay System (CARS) Station License Renewals and New or Modified Gloria.Conway@fcc.gov Page 9
10 Form Franchising Authority Certification Steve.Garner@fcc.gov Forms 395-A, 395-B, 396, 396-A, 396-C, 397 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Forms Lewis.Pulley@fcc.gov Estella.Salvatierra@fcc.gov Cheryl.Kornegay@fcc.gov Form Setting Maximum Initial Permitted Rates Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Form Facsimile Request for Necessary Information Enforcement Bureau Form Cable Equipment Form Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Form "Update Form" (also for Going Forward) Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Form Cost of Service Filing - Basic Tier and CPS Tier Status Form Cable Small Systems Form Abbreviated Cost of Service Filing for Cable Network Upgrades Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Form Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Service Legal (BST) Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Page 10
11 Franchising Authority Cable Programming Service Tier (CPST) Rate Complaints ('96 Act) Certification Legal Questions Status Inquiries Effective Competition Withdrawal of Certification Franchising Policy Issues Franchise Fee Issues Free Time for Political Candidates Gambling and Gaming Enforcement Bureau Governmental Access Channels Policy Division Grandfathered Short-spaced FM Stations Highway Advisory Radio Commercial Wireless Division (Wireline Telecommunications Bureau) Incentive Auctions Indecency Complaints Enforcement Bureau Industry Information Infomercials Enforcement Bureau Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) Interactive Television Wireline Telecommunications Bureau Page 11
12 Internet Protocol Television (IP) Interference - Television Channels IP Closed Captioning Technical Issues Legal Issues John.K iefer@fcc.gov Alison.Neplokh@fcc.gov Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Alison.Neplokh@fcc.gov Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov Leased Access, Commercial Katie.Costello@fcc.gov License Broadcast Station License License Terms for Broadcast Stations Penelope.Dade@fcc.gov David.Roberts@fcc.gov Liquor Ads MaryBeth.Murphy@fcc.gov Local Marketing Agreements (LMA) LMA Participation Question LMA Participation Question Local Ownership Rules Michael.Wagner@fcc.gov Benjamin.Arden@fcc.gov Julie.Salovaara@fcc.gov Local Rate Orders, Appeals of Katie.Costello@fcc.gov Lotteries Enforcement Bureau Loud Commercials Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov Low Power FM Stations Gary.Loehrs@fcc.gov Low Power Television Stations General Information Legal Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov Page 12
13 Lowest Unit Charge Minority and Female Ownership Mobile Radio Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/ Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Wireless Bureau Multiple Ownership Rules Must-Carry Channel Position Copyright Designated Market Area (DMA) Digital Television Generally (Local Broadcast Signals on Cable) Licensing of Network Nonduplication/Syndex (Syndicated exclusivity) Market Definition ('96 Act) Noncommercial Stations Petitions for Special Relief/Carriage Complaints Satellite DBS Must Carry Significantly Viewed Status Signal Strength Measurement National Ownership Rules Page 13
14 Negative Option Billing Legal Issues Legislation News Exemption to Equal Time Rule Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations Noncommercial Educational Stations Underwriting/Donor Acknowledgements Noncommercial Television Station Use of Additional Channel Capacity (Enforcement Bureau) Obscenity/Pornography, see Program Content for Cable Enforcement Bureau Open Video Systems (OVS) ('96 Act) OVS Filings Status Substantive Questions Over the Air Reception Devices ('96 Act) Congressional Inquiries Declaratory Ruling Requests and Waiver Requests Ownership of Cable Systems Cross Ownership ('96 Act) Ownership Reports (Form 323) Paperwork Reduction Act (MB Representatives) Page 14
15 Petitions for Special Relief - General Status Pirate Radio Pole Attachments (Utility Poles) Legal Issues Political Broadcasting & Political Cablecasting Political Sponsorship Identification PON/FTTx Preemption of State and Local Zoning D Towers Satellite and BS Antennas Wireless Towers Claudia.Tillery@fcc.gov Steve.Garner@fcc.gov Ricardo.Durham@fcc.gov (Enforcement Bureau) Jonathan.Reel@fcc.gov (Wireline Telecommunications Bureau) Robert.Baker@fcc.gov Hope.Cooper@fcc.gov Robert.Baker@fcc.gov Hope.Cooper@fcc.gov John.Kiefer@fcc.gov Alison.Neplokh@fcc.gov Evan.Baranoff@fcc.gov Kenneth.Lewis@fcc.gov Wireline Telecommunications Bureau Program Access Issues Kathy.Berthot@fcc.gov Program Content for Cable Gambling Advertisements Indecency Obscenity Office of General Counsel Enforcement Bureau Office of General Counsel Program Ratings/V-Chip Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access Channels Holly.Saurer@fcc.gov Policy Division Page 15
16 Public Inspection Files and Main Studio Rules Broadcast and Radio Issues/Programs List Main Studio Audio Waiver Requests Main Studio Video Waiver Requests Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Online Public File Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Public Interest Obligations of Broadcast Licensees Public Interest Obligations of Satellite/Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Licensees Public Radio Public Television - Underwriting Donor Quadrennial Review of the Broadcast Ownership Rules Irene.Bleiweiss@fcc.gov Amy.VanDeKerckhove@fcc.gov Kenneth.Scheibel@fcc.gov (Enforcement Bureau) Benjamin.Arden@fcc.gov Julie.Salovaara@fcc.gov Quadrennial Review - Streamlining Broadcast Applications Michael.Wagner@fcc.gov Radio Ownership Regulations Michael.Wagner@fcc.gov Reasonable Access for Federal Political Candidates Regulatory Fees Robert.Baker@fcc.gov Hope.Cooper@fcc.gov Roland.Helvajian@fcc.gov (Office of Managing Director) Page 16
17 Remote Operation of Station Renewals CARS Retransmission Consent (Negotiations) Sales Satellite Home Viewer Copyrights Copyright Office SHVIA (waivers, testing) SHVERA (SHVIA,SHVA) Distant Signal Retransmission Large Dishes Satellite/International Bureau Zoning Preemption Satellite Antennas and Zoning Preemption Legislation Page 17
18 Satellite Master Antenna System (SMA) If microwave authorizations involved, refer to If CARS is involved, refer to Security Interest in Licenses Set-Top Boxes Legal Technical Signal Leakage Notification Technical Issues (Cable and Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs)) Legal Issues Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Office of General Counsel) Significantly Viewed Station List Silent Station Authorizations (Telecommunications Act of 1996) General Policy Special Temporary Authorizations AM FM Specific Applications CARS Sponsorship Identification Media Bureau Status Line Enforcement Bureau Page 18
19 Sports Programming Blackouts Streamlining Processes - Radio Technical Rules Rodolfo.Bonacci@fcc.gov Supplementary Use of D Spectrum Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov Surveys/Studies Andrew.Wise@fcc.gov Television Advertising Enforcement Bureau Television Channel Interference Television Ownership Rules (Rulemaking) Local/National Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Julie.Salovaara@fcc.gov Benjamin.Arden@fcc.gov Television Ownership Rules (Practical or case-specific questions) Television Satellite Stations Television Technical Standards Kevin.Harding@fcc.gov Television Violence Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov Tender Offers Proxy Contests Terrex - Territorial Exclusivity Cable Broadcast Theft of Service Kathy.Berthot@fcc.gov Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Tier Buy-through Sonia.Greenaway@fcc.gov Time Brokerage/Station Leases (Case by Case) Radio Tolling/Waiver of Construction Deadline Radio Irene.Bleiweiss@fcc.gov Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov Page 19
20 Underwriting (Enforcement Bureau) Upgrades User Fees Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (Option 2) V-Chip Technical Issues Video Description Zoning Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) ('96 Act) Satellite Dishes and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Antennas ('96 Act) Page 20
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