by Matthew Lasar Jan 12 2006 - 12:00am Miscellaneous
The Federal Communications Commission will hold a day long panel on the effect of Hurricane Katrina on electronic media in the New Orleans region. The conference will take place on January 30 in Washington and be streamed over the Internet via Real Audio.
Representatives from Louisiana law enforcement and the telecommunications industry will make up the majority of panelists. Speakers from the industry group include Clear Channel, Bell South, Cox Communications, Sprint, Cingular Wireless, Entercom, CenturyTel, and Motorola. Officials from the fire and police departments of Mobile, Alabama, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Harrison County, Mississippi will also comment.
Two representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are scheduled to appear at the event. As of yet the list of panelists includes no engineers or telecommunications experts from schools and universities in the south Louisiana region.
