James Quello

James Quello

James Henry Quello (born April 21, 1914 in Laurium , Michigan ; † January 24, 2010 in Alexandria , Virginia ) was an American lieutenant colonel in the US Army , broadcasting pioneer and government official, who among other things was acting chairman of the US federal communications authority FCC in 1993 ( Federal Communications Commission ) was.

Life

Quello completed an undergraduate degree at Michigan State University (MSU) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). During the Second World War he served in the US Army in North Africa , Italy , France and Germany between 1941 and 1945 . He survived six amphibious landings and was last promoted to lieutenant colonel. After the war he worked from 1945 to 1947 in the advertising department of the radio broadcaster WXYT and then switched to the competing broadcaster WJR-AM and its establishment Goodwill Stations, Inc , of which he became vice president and chief executive officer in 1960. After Capital Cities Broadcasting acquired WJR-AM, he was Managing Director for WJR and Vice President of Capital Cities until 1972.

In 1974 US President Richard Nixon appointed Quello as a member of the US Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) , of which he was a member until 1997. On February 5, 1993 he took over from Alfred C. Sikes the post of chairman of the FCC and held this position until November 28, 1993, whereupon Reed Hundt officially took over this function. For decades of service, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1996 , while Michigan State University established the James H. Quello and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law in 1998 in his honor and his wife's honor .

In 2001, he became a public policy advisor to the Washington, DC- based law firm Wiley Rein, and remained in that position until his death. Also in 2001 was his autobiography, My Wars: Surviving WWII and the FCC . He was also a member of the Northern Lights Political Action Committee , the veterans organization Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Association of Broadcasters (NBA). He was also a member of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) executive committee, a board member of the American Negro Emancipation Centennial, and a trustee of the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund .

Quello was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after his death due to heart problems . His marriage to Mary B. Quello, which lasted from September 14, 1937 to October 1999, resulted in two sons.

publication

• My Wars: Surviving WWII and the FCC , 2001

Web links

• James Quello in nndb (English)
• James Quello in the database of Find a Grave (English)