Mark R. Fratrik, Ph.D.
Vice President, BIA Financial Network
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Mark R. Fratrik, Ph.D. is a Vice President of BIA Financial Network (BIAfn). Prior to joining BIAfn, Mr. Fratrik served NAB for 15 years as vice president/economist. While there, he conducted primary research about the broadcasting and related industries. He has conducted several research studies including “Independent Radio Voices in Radio Markets,” “Format Availability After Consolidation,” “Interference from Low Power FM Stations to Existing Stations,” and “The 1990 Children’s Television Act: Its Impact on the Amount of Educational and Informational Programming.” In addition, Mr. Fratrik has written/co-authored numerous articles for publication including FM Subcarrier Market Report/TechnologyGuide, These Taxing Times: A Tax Guide for Broadcasters, and Strategic Planning Handbook for Broadcasters. Before joining NAB in 1985, Fratrik worked for the Federal Trade Commission in the Bureau of Economics where he spent five years conducting analyses of industry practices to evaluate overall economic impact. Throughout his career, Mr. Fratrik has researched and spoken at numerous conferences on new media technologies including DTV datacasting. Mr. Fratrik is a leading spokesperson concerning trends and forecasts for the media industry including analyzing competitiveness of media and related industries. He is the author of BIAfn’s acclaimed State of the Radio Industry studies produced quarterly on radio and television. Mr. Fratrik received his B.A. in mathematics and economics from State University of New York at Binghamton and his master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of economics at John Hopkins University.