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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedFor once, broadcasters cheer Hundt's move; chairman's activist agenda leaves TV industry battle-weary.
Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1997 by McConnell, Chris
Chairman's activist agenda leaves TV industry battle-weary Good riddance, broadcasters say. The industry that has fought FCC Chairman Reed Hundt's public interest policies greeted word of his approaching departure with resounding applause last week. For them, Hundt's request that the administration start its search for a new chairman signaled the end of a three-year fray that has left the TV business with revised public interest requirements, although not so revised as Hundt would have liked.
"His reign was a tragedy," said one top broadcaster. "I can't think of anyone who's been worse for our business." "I'm hopeful we will no longer be faced with Orwellian accusations," added Pappas Telecasting President Harry Pappas. KPAX...
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