FCC chief choice likely next year - contenders emerge

With President-Elect Barack Obama's transition slowing down for the holidays, it appears that the choice of a new FCC chair to replace current Republication chairman Kevin Martin will likely be held off until 2009. With his cabinet already chosen, it was thought Obama might rush a new FCC chief pick as well. It is possible, though unlikely, that Martin will stay on as a commissioner. Obama has indicated he will, regardless, be picking a new, Democratic chairman.