Radio: Fly in the Appointment

No one in Washington loves a fight more than the Federal Communications Commission's sorrel-topped, razor-tongued chairman, James Lawrence Fly. This week, having easily won Senate confirmation of his reappointment to FCC, Chairman Fly could look forward happily to another seven years of hard work and hard fights.

A former anti-trust lawyer (once general counsel for TVA) and a longtime opponent of radio "monopoly," Larry Fly faced no dearth of problems or opponents.

Fights & Foes. Fly's most immediate fight is in Congress against the Sanders Bill, which proposes sweeping changes in the communications...

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