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Neil Grace, (202) 418-0506
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For Immediate Release
FCC CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES CAREY
WILL SERVE AS MEDIA BUREAU CHIEF
Bureau Leads FCC Work on Video and Audio Policy
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2017 – FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today announced that the agency has 
chosen Michelle M. Carey to serve as chief of its Media Bureau, continuing the work she has 
been doing as acting chief.
“As we work to modernize our media rules to match today’s marketplace, we will continue to 
rely on Michelle’s experience and talent,” said Chairman Pai.  “As acting chief, Michelle has
already started the agency’s review of its media regulations, advanced the next-generation 
transmission standard for TV broadcasters, worked to revitalize AM Radio services, and eased 
burdens on noncommercial broadcasters. I am very pleased she has agreed to continue this work 
as bureau chief.”
The Media Bureau plays a key role in promoting innovation in the media marketplace, as it 
develops, recommends, and administers the policy and licensing programs relating to the media
industry, including cable television, broadcast television, and radio. It also handles post-licensing 
matters for satellite services and releases public reports on the data collected from the industry.  
Before serving as acting chief, Ms. Carey served for six years as deputy chief of the bureau she 
now leads.  She has also served as a senior advisor to the assistant secretary at the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Department of Commerce.  Ms. 
Carey was also a senior legal advisor to then-FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin and previously held
senior leadership positions in the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau.  Ms. Carey received her 
J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. from Georgetown University.
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).