FCC Commissioners to Testify Before House

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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All five FCC commissioners are slated to testify before Congress next week to provide an update on a host of hot-button topics.

According to the House Energy & Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee, the commissioners have agreed to appear at a Nov. 17 oversight hearing.

Among the possible topics of discussion include the upcoming broadcast incentive auction, retrans reform, FCC process reform, and the Open Internet order.

“Next week’s hearing gives our panel a chance to better understand the commission’s track record as well as discuss ways to help them better serve the public," said Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the subcommittee.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.