In my seven decades on this earth, nearly 30 individuals have chaired the doings of the Federal Communications Commission. Truth be told, most of those individuals and their names now blur with the passage of time. Oh, a few stand out in one way or another, and I’ve even been privileged to have been invited to hear addresses by some who were given this position of responsibility for shaping and re-shaping our communication laws, rules and regulations.
My first recollection of the name of any of these policymakers dates back to 1961 and the promise of the “New Frontier” by the youngest president to be elected, John F. Kennedy. I was 14 and just becoming aware of the political side of things as I plied my way through middle school and my first weekend job at a radio station.
