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Most Reverend José H. Gomez,
S.T.D.
Archbishop of San Antonio

www.archdiosa.org

Most Rev. José H. Gomez, S.T.D., was installed Archbishop of San Antonio on February 15, 2005, at San Fernando Cathedral. Pope Benedict XVI conferred the Pallium on Archbishop Gomez in Rome, on June 29, 2005. Archbishop Gomez had served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Moderator of the Curia, Vicar General and Pastor of Mother of God Church since 2001.
 

Archbishop Gomez was ordained a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature on August 15, 1978, by late Cardinal Franz Konig, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, at the Shrine of Torrecuidad, Spain. -more-


 

 

Raymond Arroyo
EWTN News Director
Host - World Over Live
 
Raymond Arroyo is an internationally recognized, award-winning journalist,
seen each week in more than 100 million homes around the globe.

 

 
 

BARRY A. BOSTROM, M.Div., J.D.
BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM

bbostrom@bopplaw.com

Barry Bostrom graduated cum laude from the Honors College of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in 1973.  He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1987. - more -

 
 

 



David F. Reeder
American Media Services
http://www.americanmediaservices.com

David Reeder has been in the Radio Broadcasting industry for over 35 years. He has managed several Radio stations in Washington, DC and Minneapolis-St. Paul.  - more -


 

 





Michael Wagner
FCC Media Bureau; Audio Division
www.fcc.gov/mb/audio

Michael Wagner was born in Pittsburgh, PA.  He graduated with a BA in English from La Salle College in Philadelphia in 1979 and obtained a law degree and an MA in Mass Communication Studies from The Ohio State University in 1983. -more-

 

 





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Keith Meehan
Executive Director
Radio Music License Committee


Keith Meehan is the Executive Director of the Radio Music License Committee. A position he has held since March of 1999. In this capacity Keith represents the majority of radio stations in this country in their negotiations with the performing rights societies (ASCAP & BMI)

Prior to joining the RMLC he was Controller of COURT TV.

He spent a major portion of his career at CBS in various positions in the television network and the CBS owned and operated television station division where he served as the CBS representative to the Television Music License Committee.

He also served as Co-Chairman of the allocation Committee, sub- committee of the Television Music License Committee.

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Archbishop Gomez originally formed in a business background holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology. He earned his accounting degree in 1975 as well as a B.A. in Philosophy.

In 1978, the year he was ordained a priest, Archbishop Gomez completed a B.A. in Theology at the University of Navarre, Rome Campus, and began working on a doctorate in theology at its Main Campus in Pamplona, Spain. He received his doctorate in 1980.

Archbishop Gomez presently serves on the following boards and committees:

  • Chair: Ad Hoc Committee on the Spanish Language Bible for the Church in America (USCCB), 2003
  • Member: Committee on Doctrine (USCCB), 2002 • Member: Committee on Hispanic Affairs (USCCB), 2002
  • Member: Committee for Priestly Life & Ministry (USCCB), 2003
  • Member: Board of Directors of the Catholic Legal Immigration, Inc.
  • Member: Committee on Catechesis (USCCB), 2005 • Member: Hispanic Liturgy Subcommittee (USCCB), 2005
  • Trustee: Historical Center Foundation, San Fernando Cathedral
  • Member: Board of Directors of Assumption Seminary In the August 22nd issue of Time Magazine the publication named Archbishop Gomez one of the Top 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America
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Arroyo has worked for the Associated Press, the political columnist team of Evans and Novak, and as Capital Hill Correspondent.   He studied under theatre luminaries Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, and Beatrice Straight,  before acting and directing in New York and London.  As host and creator of EWTN’s  international news magazine, "The World Over Live", Arroyo has interrogated the leading figures of the day.  Highlights include: The first, exclusive, sit down interview with Mel Gibson on the set of his film, “The Passion of the Christ” and a landmark interview with Pope Benedict XVI: the only English language conversation ever recorded with the pontiff.  
 
 
Arroyo and his work have been featured on "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", "Hannity and Colmes",  "Access Hollywood", “CNN Headline News” and other programs.  His writings have been published by  The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Financial Times, and The National Catholic Register.   A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Arroyo IS AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: "Mother Angelica: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles" published  by Doubleday in September of 2005.  He is currently working on a mystery series and an original musical. 
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He is a lawyer and co-founder of the law firm of Bopp, Coleson and Bostrom in Terre Haute, Indiana.  His practice includes non-profit organizations, state and federal tax and election law compliance, federal and state compliance audits and investigations, litigation and appeals.  He is general counsel for Indiana Right to Life, Inc., and associate counsel for Catholic Answers, Focus on the Family, the National Right to Life Committee, Inc., Priests for Life, and Susan B. Anthony List.

            He resides in Terre Haute, Indiana, with his wife, Carole, and three children, Miriam, Nathan and Andrew.  They have two married children Elizabeth and Martin.

            BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM

            The law firm of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom in Terre Haute, Indiana, was founded in 1992.  James Bopp, Jr., limits his practice to constitutional law, election law, not-for-profit corporate and tax law, and health care law including right to life litigation and appeals.  He is general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, Inc., and the James Madison Center for Free Speech, and special counsel to Focus on the Family, Catholic Answers, Priests for Life, and Susan B. Anthony List.

            Richard Coleson and Barry Bostrom are co-founders and senior associates in the firm.  Mr. Coleson limits his practice to constitutional law, election law, and health care law including right to life litigation and appeals.  The firm employs up to seven other associate attorneys to assist Mr. Bopp with his election law and free speech practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a broadcast engineer Reeder built two radio stations from the ground up. He also served as VP/GM of USA Radio Network and worked with the Radio Advertising Bureau as Director of Advertising both of these in Dallas, TX.

Reeder is a graduate of Radio Engineering Institute and attended Missouri Southern College. He has an extensive background in sales and management.  He holds an Extra Class Amateur Radio license, is a private pilot, and is involved in many civic organizations in Texas.
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Michael began working at the FCC in the Audio Services Division of the Mass Media Bureau in September of 1983.  After two years there, he moved to the Bureau’s Enforcement Division in the Fairness and Political Programming Branch under Milt Gross.  After the frenzied Congressional election of 1986 and the Commission’s abolition of the Fairness Doctrine, Michael felt compelled to leave the Fairness/Political Branch and chose to return home to the Audio Services Division.  He became a Supervisory Attorney there in 1987, and was appointed to Assistant Division Chief of the reorganized Audio Division in 2002. In these capacities, he has authored or reviewed innumerable staff- and Commission-level decisions concerning the entire spectrum of issues involving the Division, from alien ownership to the effects of zoning determinations. Michael lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, with his wife Jennifer, a retired broadcast law attorney, and his children Alex (now a Junior college studying “Computer and Telecommunications Engineering” at the University of Pennsylvania), 4-year-old Ceilidh, and 1-year-old Jack. - top of page -