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After months of foot-dragging over President Clinton's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission, the Senate has confirmed Washington antitrust lawyer Reed E. Hundt as the agency's new chairman. Hundt, a 45-year-old Washington lawyer nominated by Clinton on June 1, is scheduled to be sworn in next week in a ceremony presided over by former prep school classmate Vice President Al Gore. However, Clinton is not expected to fill the remaining FCC commissioner vacancy for some time.

Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore will step down from the company's board at today's annual meeting, to be replaced by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt. Moore's retirement, announced last month, ends a 23-year run at the company, including 12 as Intel's chief executive. Moore, 72, is best known for Moore's Law, a 1965 prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1995, he modified that rule of thumb to every two years.

Phone.com Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., has added Reed E. Hundt to its board of directors, becoming another in a string of telecommunications companies to tap the expertise--and influence--of the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hundt, who was FCC chairman from 1993 to 1997, is a senior advisor at McKinsey & Co. and a principal of Charles Ross Partners, a Maryland consulting and investment firm.

Phone.com Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., has added Reed E. Hundt to its board of directors, becoming another in a string of telecommunications companies to tap the expertise--and influence--of the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hundt, who was FCC chairman from 1993 to 1997, is a senior advisor at McKinsey & Co. and a principal of Charles Ross Partners, a Maryland consulting and investment firm.

* Background: The Federal Communications Commission, an independent regulatory agency, was established by Congress 61 years ago. It is responsible for regulating all interstate and foreign communications transmitted by radio, TV, satellite, cable and by wired and wireless telephone. * Management: The agency is run by five commissioners who are appointed by the President to seven-year terms and confirmed by the Senate. The current commissioners are Reed E. Hundt, chairman, (Democrat); Jame H.

President Clinton, as expected, will nominate Reed E. Hundt, an antitrust lawyer who went to high school with Vice President Al Gore, to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the White House announced Tuesday. Hundt, 45, is known in Washington more as an antitrust litigator than as a communications lawyer. His selection by Clinton was reported earlier this month by The Times.

Reed E. Hundt, the sober chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, fielded the celebrity's question in an office full of schoolchildren. "So what do I call you?" asked Bill Nye, who appears on the popular TV series "Disney Presents Bill Nye the Science Guy." "Mr. Hundt? Mr. Chairman? Mr. Muckity Muck?" "I suppose you can call me Chairman Muckity Muck," Hundt said. Hundt was joking, but in fact his status in Washington these days is about as exalted as it can get.

After stewing over press leaks that cast his leadership in an unfavorable light, FCC Chairman Reed E. Hundt earlier this year fired off an e-mail message urging his fellow commissioners "to respect our decision-making process by not conducting or revealing that process in the media."

Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore will step down from the company's board at today's annual meeting, to be replaced by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt. Moore's retirement, announced last month, ends a 23-year run at the company, including 12 as Intel's chief executive. Moore, 72, is best known for Moore's Law, a 1965 prediction that the number of transistors on a chip would double every year. In 1995, he modified that rule of thumb to every two years.

Reed Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has joined the board of directors of Allegiance Telecom, a competitive local exchange carrier based in Dallas. It is Hundt's first such appointment since leaving the agency early in November. While leading the FCC, Hundt worked to deregulate the market for local telephone service, and he often chastised the regional Bell companies for stonewalling competitors, including upstarts like Allegiance.

Reed Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has joined the board of directors of Allegiance Telecom, a competitive local exchange carrier based in Dallas. It is Hundt's first such appointment since leaving the agency early in November. While leading the FCC, Hundt worked to deregulate the market for local telephone service, and he often chastised the regional Bell companies for stonewalling competitors, including upstarts like Allegiance.

In a break with the White House, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt on Wednesday endorsed legislation calling on the television networks to reinstitute their old code of conduct, which included an early-evening family hour free of racy and violent programming. Broadcasters protested that their recent agreement to adopt a new system of rating television programs for sex, violence, foul language and suggestive dialogue should immunize them from such legislation.

Reed Hundt, the politically well-connected lawyer who presided over a radical restructuring of the U.S. telecommunications industry, said Tuesday he would resign as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hundt said he would stay on as FCC chairman until after his successor is on board, which could take several months. His five-year term on the commission does not end until next year.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, who has clashed with broadcasters in the past, Tuesday renewed his call for the industry to boost its public-interest obligations. Addressing the industry's annual convention here, Hundt cited such issues as free time to political candidates, increasing the number of public-service announcements, educational television and a code of industry policy toward liquor advertising with an eye on protecting children.

Urging broadcasters to boost their commitment to local political races, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt on Tuesday applauded a move by a Dallas-based chain of TV stations to provide free air time to candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The company, A.H. Belo Corp., filed an application with the FCC on Monday to dole out five-minute blocks of air time to candidates to use as they please.

* Background: The Federal Communications Commission, an independent regulatory agency, was established by Congress 61 years ago. It is responsible for regulating all interstate and foreign communications transmitted by radio, TV, satellite, cable and by wired and wireless telephone. * Management: The agency is run by five commissioners who are appointed by the President to seven-year terms and confirmed by the Senate. The current commissioners are Reed E. Hundt, chairman, (Democrat); Jame H.

Reed Hundt, the politically well-connected lawyer who presided over a radical restructuring of the U.S. telecommunications industry, said Tuesday he would resign as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Hundt said he would stay on as FCC chairman until after his successor is on board, which could take several months. His five-year term on the commission does not end until next year.

Urging broadcasters to boost their commitment to local political races, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt on Tuesday applauded a move by a Dallas-based chain of TV stations to provide free air time to candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The company, A.H. Belo Corp., filed an application with the FCC on Monday to dole out five-minute blocks of air time to candidates to use as they please.

After stewing over press leaks that cast his leadership in an unfavorable light, FCC Chairman Reed E. Hundt earlier this year fired off an e-mail message urging his fellow commissioners "to respect our decision-making process by not conducting or revealing that process in the media."

FCC Chief Backs Broadcasters on Digital TV: Chairman Reed Hundt, the nation's top television regulator, told broadcasters at their convention in Las Vegas that he wants to help them make the historic transition to digital technology. He suggested that broadcasters, not the government, decide what services may be carried on new channels that stations are to receive in the next few years.