McDowell Chief of Staff Exiting

Angela Giancarlo, chief of staff to FCC commissioner Robert
McDowell, will exit that post in February, the commissioner's office said
Thursday.

Erin McGrath, legal adviser for media issues, will add
wireless, international and public safety issues.

Giancarlo has been chief of staff and senior legal adviser
to the commissioner since 2007.

A spokesperson for the commissioner was unavailable for
comment on the departure.

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.