Senate Slates Clyburn Renomination Hearing for Dec. 4

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a Dec. 4 hearing
on the renomination of Mignon Clyburn to the FCC.

Clyburn, the first African American woman to serve as a
commissioner, joinedthe FCC in August 2010, filling the unexpired term of Democrat Jonathan
Adelstein, who left to run the Agriculture Department's broadband loan program.

Clyburn's term expired June 2012, but she can continue serving until the end of the next Congress (the end of 2013) or until a replacement were confirmed. If she is renominated, as expected, it would be for a full, five-year term.

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.