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Broadcast Security Group to Meet

Broadcast Security Group to Meet

Dennis FitzSimons, President/COO of Tribune Company and Chairman of the Media Security and Reliability Council, will convene a meeting of MSRC this Friday. MSRC is a federal advisory committee that reports to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, who will also participate in the meeting.
The group will study ways to assure reliability and security of radio, TV and cable signals in the event of another terrorist attack or natural disaster. A similar group already exists for the wired and wireless telephone services.
Notables among MSRC’s membership include: Bruce Allan, CEO, Harris Broadcast Communications; Peter Brubaker, President/CEO, Susquehanna Communications;
Lew Dickey, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Cumulus Radio; Michael Eisner, Chairman/CEO, Walt Disney Company; Eddie Fritts, President/CEO, NAB; Catherine Hughes, Chair, Radio One, Inc.; Mel Karmazin, President/COO, Viacom, Inc.; Jim Kennedy, Chairman/CEO, Cox Enterprises, Inc.; Kevin Klose, President/CEO, NPR; L. Lowry Mays, CEO, Clear Channel Communications, Inc.; Hugh Panero, President/CEO, XM Satellite Radio, Inc.; Timothy Putprush, FEMA; Jeffrey Smulyan, Chairman, Emmis Communications Corp.; Jim Taiclet, President/CEO, American Tower Corporation and McHenry Tichenor, Jr., President/CEO, Hispanic Broadcasting Corp.

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