Kim Hart Named FCC Press Secretary

An FCC source confirms that veteran journalist Kim Hart is joining the FCC as press secretary to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. An announcement is expected Friday.

She is succeeding Justin Cole, who left the commissioner earlier this year to become director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Federal Trade Commission.

Hart, a former tech journalist with Politico, The Hill (Hillicon Valley) and The Washington Post, had most recently headed media relations for Neustar.

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.