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On July 17, 2024, MMTC held its 6th Annual Former FCC Chairs' Symposium. Speakers and moderators included:


  • FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, keynote speaker
  • Former FCC Chair Richard Wiley
  • Former FCC Chair Reed Hundt
  • Former FCC Chair Michael Copps
  • Former FCC Chair Mignon Clyburn
  • Former FCC Chair Ajit Pai
  • Former FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, moderator
  • Former FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, moderator
  • MMTC President Robert Branson, moderator
  • MMTC Board Chair and Treasurer Ronald Johnson


They discussed a return to civility at the FCC and in Washington, the impact of the recent Supreme Court opinion on the Chevron doctrine, ACP and Lifeline, ATSC 3.0, bulk billing universal broadband, artificial intelligence, Section 230, M&A policy, and minority media and telecom ownership.


Sue Webley, founder of Kara Solutions, produced and hosted the Symposium.


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Special thanks to our attendees, speakers, and sponsors for their support (see list below).


Gold Sponsors

• AT&T

• Charter Communications

• Comcast

• CTIA

• Microsoft

• NCTA – Internet & Television Association

• T-Mobile

• USTelecom

• Verizon


Sustaining Sponsors

• Geo Broadcast Solutions and Roberts Broadcasting Company

• iHeartMedia

• Lerman Senter, LLC

• 2042 Media [formerly Condista]


General Sponsors

• Asian American Broadcasting

• Bustos Media Holdings

• Maurita Coley

• Covington & Burling

• Davis Wright Tremaine

• DirectTV

• Free State Foundation

• Grodsky, Caporrino & Kaufman, LLP

• Kelsay Strategies

• Erwin Krasnow

• Nicolaine Lazarre

• MassLocal

• Mays Foundation

• Motion Picture Association

• Perkins Coie

• The Walt Disney Company

• Wiley Rein, LLC

• Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

About MMTC

The Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC) is a non-partisan, national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving equal opportunity in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) industries, and closing the digital divide on behalf of its members and constituents, including owners of radio and television broadcast stations, programmers, prospective station owners, and others involved in the TMT industries. 

MMTC is generally recognized as the nation's leading advocate for multicultural advancement in communications. We strongly believe that the breathtaking changes in communications technology and the new global forms of media partnerships must enhance diversity in the 21st century.