John Sanders

Principal

John Sanders is a principal in the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc., a Washington, DC‑based consulting firm specializing in valuations, asset appraisals, and related financial services for the media and communications industries. He was one of the founders of the firm in 1986. Prior to his association with Bond & Pecaro, Inc., John was Manager, Appraisal Group, with Frazier, Gross & Kadlec, Inc. He worked for that firm in various analytical and managerial positions between 1982 and 1986.

John has been actively involved in both fair market valuations and asset appraisals of over 2,000 television, radio, hardline and wireless cable, radio common carrier, newspaper, and related communications businesses. He has provided expert testimony in local, state, and Federal courts, as well as in arbitration and regulatory proceedings.

John has spoken on financial issues for the Cellular Telecommunications Association (CTIA), the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Media Financial Management Association (MFM), the Telecom Publishing Group, and other organizations. His commentaries have also been published in the trade press, including Cellular Business, PCIA Journal, Open Channels, Broadcasting & Cable, and Communications magazines, the Broadcast Financial Journal, TVNewsCheck.com, and the MFM SmartBrief. He has been interviewed by publications including The Washington Post, The Orlando Sentinel, Communications, PCS News, Radio World, Wireless Week, and Telephony.