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Who spoke at the Seattle FCC hearing?

By jonathan
Created 1 Dec 2006 - 12:32pm

[Click names below for transcribed testimony]

At the Nov. 30 Seattle FCC Media Ownership hearing, event co-chairs Frank Blethen (publisher, The Seattle Times) and Sharon Maeda (Spectra Communications/Reclaim the Media) opened the hearing and introduced Congressman Jay Inslee [0]. His comments were followed by remarks from the two FCC Commissioners in attendance, Michael Copps [0] and Jonathan Adelstein [0].

Public testimony began with a group of invited speakers:

Jean Godden [0], Seattle City Council
Mike Fancher, Seattle Times
John Carlson [0], KVI/KOMO
Robert Jeffrey [0], Colors NW
Mark Emmert [0], President, University of Washington
Diane Lachel [0], Tacoma Click!
John Sandifer [0], Seattle AFTRA
Joel Kelsey [0], Consumers Union
Mai Nguyen [0], Making Connections
David Groves [0], Washington State State Labor Council
Kathy Gill [0], UW Department of Communication

Testimony continued at an open microphone until the Library needed to close the building, about 45 minutes past the hearing's scheduled end. Many attendees opted to submit written comments at the hearing, including some people who had signed up to speak but were unable to get their turn at the mic.

Todd Boyle [0]
Andrew Skotdal [0], KRKO Everett
Emily Horswill [0]
Kathy Schrier [0], Washington Journalism Education Association
Bill Wippel [0]
Leigh Robartes [0], KRFP-LP Moscow
Dennis Lane [0]
Sylvia Haven [0]
David Friedman [0]
Suzette West [0], Legend Heart Records [video [1]]
Jeff Hoyt [1], Voice of Vashon
Rebecca Campbell [1]
Monica Hill [1]
Bill Schrier [1], Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle
Liz Brown [1], Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild
Bryan Johnson [1], KAOS Olympia
Margaret Swartzman [1]
Bob Grubbs [1]
Kenneth Moninski [1]
Ken LeBlond [1], UW School of Public Affairs
Danny "Khazm" Kogita [1], Zulu Radio
George Robertson [1]
Jennifer Power [1], Action Northwest
Judy Martinez [1], Coolout TV
Tim Treanor [1], Online Video Service
Gavin Dahl [1], KAOS Olympia
Seth Kupchick [1]
Kathleen Warren [1]
Lila Kitaeff, Pepperspray Productions
Suzanne Blais [1], Black Dog Productions
Jeff Hanson [1]
Kenneth Meyer [1]
Jan Strout [1], National Organization for Women
Lyle Courtsal [1]
Joyce Glasgow [1]
Dick Schwartz [1]
Mark Taylor-Canfield [1], Free Speech Radio News/KBCS
Doug Underwood [1], UW Dept. of Communication
Jerome Chroman [1], University Unitarian
Robert Kam [1], Thurston County Television
Jim Nibblett [1]
David Ward
Tom Killorin, KSER Everett
Olemara Peters
Julie Chang Schulman
David Gordon
Eric Apoe
Ryan Morden
Jim McIntosh [1]
Karen Weill [1]
Larry Hildes [1], NLG Center for Democratic Communications
John Anthony Yost [1]
E. Mandisa Subira, AfraGenesis Network
Mary Kathryn Rountree [1], KRFP-LP Moscow


Source URL:
http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/seattlefcc/testimony_list