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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez To Keynote Hispanic Radio Conference

By April 11, 2024Updates

Join us in San Antonio, home of KCOR, the first Hispanic-owned and operated Spanish-language radio station in the United States, for the 15th Hispanic Radio Conference on June 12-13, 2024! Newly seated FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez will deliver this year’s opening keynote address.

Commissioner Gomez will also appear on the cover of the June 2024 issue of Radio Ink Magazine (which will be distributed at the conference). During our interview, the commissioner expressed her support for local broadcasting, diversity in station ownership, and multicultural programming.

Asked about attending the conference, Commissioner Gomez said,“I am delighted to be joining the Hispanic Radio Conference in June as a keynote speaker. I look forward to discussing the importance of radio to communities. See you in San Antonio!”

About Commissioner Gomez
Commissioner Anna M. Gomez, the first Latina-American confirmed to the FCC in over two decades, has three decades of experience in domestic and international communications law in both private practice and public service, including time as the Deputy Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and in various roles at the FCC.

Most recently, Gomez was a Senior Advisor for International Information and Communications Policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the Department of State, leading U.S. preparations for the International Telecommunication Union World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23).

Commissioner Gomez was born in Orlando, Florida, and spent her childhood in Bogota, Colombia, before her family moved to New Jersey. She now lives in Virginia.

About the Hispanic Radio Conference
Celebrating 15 years, the Hispanic Radio Conference is an annual opportunity for in-person networking and sharing ideas in a multi-platform, multicultural world. For more information about the conference, which takes place on June 12-13 in San Antonio, visit the Hispanic Radio Conference website.

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