Pryor Plans Busy Communications Subcommittee

Sen. Mark Pryor, chairman of Senate Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee has indicated he intends to keep the subcommittee busy with a series of hearings on communications issues.

In just March and April he said in announcing the subcommittee priorities, the committee will hold "state of" informational hearings on wired and wireless communications, video--consolidation and other concerns, and the state of rural communications.

At an FCC oversight hearing Tuesday, Pryor also said the committee would be looking at the incentive auctions.

"I'm pleased to serve as Chairman of the Communications, Technology, and Internet Subcommittee," Pryor said in a statement. "I'm looking forward to facilitating a bipartisan exchange of views on key policy issues in today's fast-changing information and communication technology industry."

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.