NAB Names Director of Government Relations

The National Association of Broadcasters has named Democratic Hill staffer Mike Mullen as director of government relations.

Mullen comes from the office of Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), where he has been senior legislative assistant, focusing on satellite legislation and the DTV transition.

Before that he was with the staff of Rep. Jim Turner (D-Tex.).

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.