Reed Hundt
Reed Hundt
Reed E. Hundtis probably best known as the chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard. Hundt is the CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital and a senior advisor to GTCR, a private equity firm. He is on the board of a number of technology companies, including Intel Corp., and the Connecticut Green Bank. Most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth3 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
There's no doubt whatsoever the FCC has jurisdiction in this area, ... We always have the right and responsibility to investigate any use of the public airwaves that has an effect on the public interest, particularly the interest of children.
The reverberations at first will be subterranean, but they will be of earthquake proportions.
The auction of AWS spectrum is primarily important because it creates the opportunity to change the market structure of the cellular industry.
They are not selling the crown jewels of WorldCom, just some cubic zirconium from MCI.
The New Orleans calamity proved overwhelmingly the government's inability to solve chronic, fundamental problems with communications. No one in the government has shown leadership on this issue, and now the results are tragic.
Congress has repeatedly passed laws and otherwise raised a ruckus about indecent language on the broadcast airwaves used for radio and television.
We still don't have to do this if broadcasters turn down the bags of bucks. A failure of broadcasters to reaffirm the voluntary ban is likely to lead to an outcry that would justify a notice of inquiry.
The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as is the FCC, to promote new competition by selling the airwaves in auctions.
Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.
Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.