John Whetzell

John S. Whetzell is the founder, and Chairman since December 1984, of Northland Communications Corporation — which was the general partner of 18 limited partnerships which owned and operate cable television systems. He had been a Director of Northland Communications Corporation and Northland Telecommunications Corporation from March 1982 to 2019. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Northland Telecommunications Corporation from March 1982 to May 2014, and as a Director of Northland Cable Television Inc. He first became involved in the cable television industry when he served as the Chief Economist of the Cable Television Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from May 1974 to February 1979. He provided economic studies to support the deregulation of cable television both in federal and state arenas. He participated in the formulation of accounting standards for the industry and assisted the FCC in negotiating and developing the pole attachment rate formula for cable television. Between March 1979 and February 1982, he was in charge of the Ernst & Whinney national cable television consulting services.