On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:09:47 GMT, King Zulu wrote:

The first requirement for FCC chief should be NO law
degree. Some brains and some technical comprehension would be a plus.

One of the best, if not THE best Chairman that the FCC had was
Dick Wiley (Nixon appointee-mid 1970s) who was a top-notch lawyer
before coming to the Commission. He had an engineering assistant
to whom he could turn to explain the issues, and Dick was sharp
enough to listen and understand what he was being told.

I got to brief him about a special project involving TV technical
standards for which I was heading up the field measurements and
analysis portion, and from his many questions he seemed to understand
what was going on the first time.

After his term was over, he went back to his old law firm (Wiley,
Rein, and Fielding) where he still is.

I wish we could get him back. He would have made short shrift of
the BPL business.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane