Rockefeller Sets Wheeler Hearing for June 18

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Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) announced Tuesday that the nomination hearing for FCC chair nominee Tom Wheeler will take place on June 18.

The president has yet to nominate a replacement for Republican Robert McDowell. Both will have to be vetted and voted by the Senate Commerce Committee before a full Senate vote.

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.