RICHARD E. WILEY.

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2000 by MILLER, MARK K.

FOR MANY LAWYERS--ESPECIALLY WASHINGTON LAWYERS--BEING NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION MIGHT BE CONSIDERED THE PINNACLE IN A CAREER[ldots] FOR Richard E. Wiley, however, that position was but the starting point in a continuum that has led (A.) to being senior partner in Washington's largest communications law practice and (B.) to being a founding father of the digital and high-definition future.

Typically for Wiley, he did themsimultaneously. For his work as chairman of the FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service--which delivered DTV and HDTV to the FCC for ratification--Wiley is considered by many to be the individual most responsible for guiding digital television past a variety of technological and political...

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