Acting FCC Chair Clyburn Names Acting Enforcement Bureau Chief

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Acting FCC chair Mignon Clyburn has named Robert Ratcliffe acting chief of the Enforcement Bureau.

Ratcliffe has been deputy chief of the Media Bureau. He succeeds Michelle Ellison, who Clyburn tapped to be her chief of staff.

Ratcliffe is a 35-year veteran of of the commission, having served as acting chief of the Media Bureau and deputy chief of the Enforcement Bureau. He began at the original Cable Television Bureau.

"I am pleased that Mr. Ratcliffe has agreed to serve in this critical role," said Clyburn. "Bob is a top-flight lawyer who will bring his vast experience, sound legal judgment and overall sense of fairness to this effort."

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.