James R. Bond, Jr. is a founder of the consulting firm of Bond &
Pecaro, Inc. In this capacity, he has been routinely retained to
examine and study economic issues which affect media businesses.
Mr.
Bond has been retained to appraise the assets of over 2,500 radio,
television, radio common carrier, and cable television properties. He
is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), the Broadband
Tax Institute (BTI), and the Society of Cable Telecommunications
Engineers (SCTE). He is a member and past director of the Broadcast
Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM), and has served on that
organization's Taxation Advisory and Industry Education Committees. He
has also served on the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Tax
Advisory Panel and Depreciation Task Force. Mr. Bond is a Certified
Senior Radio Broadcast Engineer (SBE), a Certified Senior Television
Broadcast Engineer (SBE), and holds an FCC First Class Radiotelephone
Operator License.
Mr. Bond has testified as an expert witness
in connection with numerous telecommunications valuation matters before
federal, state, and local courts.
Mr. Bond received a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976. Mr. Bond also
holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University
of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.