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Jonathan D. Levy

Deputy Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission, USA


Jonathan D. Levy is the Deputy Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC. In addition to advising the Chief Economist, principally on media policy issues, Dr. Levy serves as a liaison between the Chief Economist and economists in the Commission’s bureaus and offices. 

Dr. Levy is also a senior economist in the Commission’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (formerly the Office of Plans and Policy). His primary activities are analysis of competition in broadcasting and multichannel video programming distribution markets and review of proposed changes in government regulation of the mass media, in particular broadcasting, cable television, and satellite television. Dr. Levy has played a significant role in the Commission’s review of broadcast ownership rules and digital television transition issues.  Earlier, he had principal staff responsibility for a number of Commission reports and notices on home satellite dish issues.  Dr. Levy also participated in the design and implementation of FCC spectrum auctions in the Direct Broadcast Satellite and other services.

Prior to joining the F.C.C. in 1980, he taught economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.  In 1993, Dr. Levy was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in the School of Humanities at the University of Technology Sydney studying US-Australian trade in television programming and film. He has written several papers on Australian media policy.

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