MAY 1, 2023
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South Park’s Fran Bradley Re-Elected Chairman of Statewide Association
LANCASTER, PA – Continuing his service to the broadband communication industry in Pennsylvania, J. Francis Bradley of South Park has been unanimously re-elected as chairman of the Broadband Communication Association of Pennsylvania (BCAP). The vote was taken April 27 at the statewide trade association’s annual membership meeting in Lancaster.
“Serving on BCAP’s Board of Directors and as its chairman has been a privilege and a pleasure,” said Bradley. “This association and its members have before us a chance of a generation, as we look to close the digital divide and work to expand broadband access to both unserved and underserved areas of the Commonwealth. At BCAP, we are working to advocate for policies and issues on behalf of our members that will allow them to thrive while also meeting the needs of our residents.”
As part of his duties, Bradley oversees BCAP’s 16-member Board of Directors, on which he began service in 1990 when the organization was known as the Pennsylvania Cable and Telecommunications Association. Bradley has been at the helm of the association during both of its name changes – to the Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania in 2004 and to the Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania in 2022. Bradley’s chairmanship includes a two-year term.
Bradley, who is Director of Government Affairs at Breezeline, joined the industry in 1970 with a summer position at Steel Valley Cable in Glassport, Pennsylvania, and remained with the company until 1972, when he joined Adelphia in the Pittsburgh area, and was eventually named General Manager / Director of Customer Service. In 2003 Bradley moved into Government and Community Relations, remaining with Adelphia while the company was acquired by Comcast in August 2006. Following the acquisition, Bradley served as Director of Government and Community Affairs for Comcast and in 2009 was promoted to Regional Vice President of Government Affairs. He joined Atlantic Broadband’s government relations unit in August 2015. The company is known now as Breezeline.
For his dedication to the industry, Bradley was inducted into the National Cable Pioneers Class of 2010, and was the recipient of BCAP’s PRIDE (Performance Representing Integrity, Dedication and Excellence) Award in 2001 and again in 2006.
The Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania, a member-driven organization based in Harrisburg, actively promotes broadband cable and telecommunications industry issues in Pennsylvania. BCAP – the nation’s first state cable association – represents cable operators, programmers and equipment suppliers that collectively provide service to nearly 3 million Pennsylvania households and businesses.
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