Former FCC Member Quello Dies
Broadcasters and the FCC are mourning the death of former FCC Commissioner James Quello, who died Sunday at the age of 95. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Quello leaves behind "an extraordinary legacy of service."
A Democrat, Quello was appointed to the FCC in 1974 by Richard Nixon and served until 1997. He was tapped to serve as acting chairman in 1993. "Known as the 'Dean' of the FCC - and 'Boss' to the many staffers who worked for him - he was a role model to generations of FCC employees and advocates for his decency, personal charm, and commitment to his work," Genachowski said in a statement.
The Michigan native joined the FCC after working as a broadcaster at local television stations in Detroit. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader protested Quello's initial appointment to the FCC, saying he would be a pawn of the broadcasting industry, according to a 1993 New York Times profile of Quello.
In a statement, National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith described Quello, who was given NAB's Distinguished Service Award in 1994, as a "friend to free and local broadcasting, and an extraordinarily bipartisan public servant during a remarkable 24 years at the FCC."
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