Broadcasting & Cable: D.C. Applauds Rosenworcel Pick as Acting FCC Chairwoman

Washington media players were lining up to welcome a familiar face to the head of the FCC, acting chair Jessica Rosenworcel, who has been the senior commissioner, fighting for net neutrality rules, broadband deployment and subsidies for low income and rural residents. …

Michael Copps, former FCC acting chair himself and currently a special adviser to Common Cause called Rosenworcel an “ideal” choice for the job. “I know, because we worked together when she led my staff while I was a commissioner there. She knows the FCC from the bottom up and she understands how to make good things happen there. She was called from my staff to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, where she was responsible for telecom and media policy. Then she was appointed a commissioner at the FCC and has demonstrated a mastery of the issues that has been seldom matched. Whether it’s bringing broadband to every home in America, encouraging internet availability for our schools, making wise decisions for the utilization of spectrum, contesting telecom and media monopolies, battling mis- and dis- information, she has a combination of vision and practicality that make her perfect for the chairmanship.”