Podcast #277 – How Does the FCC Solve Anything?

Podcast #277 – How Does the FCC Solve Anything?

Author: Radio Survivor December 23, 2020 Duration: 1:37:51

Even though Trump is leaving the White House on January 19, he’s set up the FCC to carry on his idiosyncratic policy goals well into the Biden administration, especially if a Republican-led Senate resists the new president’s nomination for a new chairman. At the last minute, Trump decided not to renominate FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly […]

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