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• Author, Public Television Legal Survival Guide

• Public Broadcasting-Related Law Articles:

• "You Said What?  The Perils of Content-Based Regulation of Public Broadcast Underwriting Acknowledgments,"  59 Fed. Comm, L.J. 1 (December, 2006)

• “The Road to Analog Switch-Off: How the United States Can Turn Off Its Analog Television Service Without Significant Service Disruption,” 13 CommLaw Conspectus 271 (2005).

• “The Road Not Yet Traveled: Why the FCC Should Issue Digital Must-Carry Rules for Public Television “First,”” 57 Fed. Comm. L.J. 49 (December, 2004).

• “Say Cheese: The Constitutionality of State-Mandated Free Air-Time on Public Broadcasting Stations in Wisconsin,” 56 Fed. Comm. L.J. 55 (December, 2003).

• “A Subsidy By Any Other Name: First Amendment Implications of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999,” 53 Fed. Comm. L.J. 379 (May, 2001).

• White Papers:

• Telco Carriage of Digital Public Television Stations on Fiber-Based Internet-Protocol Television Systems (March 2005).

• Satellite Carriage of Digital Public Television Stations (March 2005).

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  Digital-Only Broadcasting: A Roadmap for Early Return of Public Television’s Analog Spectrum (January 2004).

• Establishment of a Public Television Trust Fund: Possibilities and Prospects for the Creation of A Sustainable Alternative Means of Providing Federal Funding for Public Television (January 2004).

• Alternative Funding Sources for Public Television: A Historical Perspective (October, 2002) (Co-authored with Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis).