Beltway Buzzes with Potential Picks for FCC

Beltway buzz is now centered on who will replace Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, the former cable lobbyist who has been in the job for three years.

On Dec 1, Chairman Wheeler will be feted in Washington, DC, by the Federal Communications Commission Bar Association as communications professionals and lobbyists will be dissecting his tenure and gossiping about his successor. Among the names being floated are Ajit Pai, the current Republican FCC commissioner; David Fellows, a former CTO at Comcast and AT&T and a co-founder of Layer 3 TV, a cable company in Denver (CO); and Jeffrey Eisenach, the Trump-appointed consultant named to the transition team, according to several FCC watchers. When asked for comment about the possible contenders, including the possibility that he might lead the federal body, Eisenach told The Post, “No comment. It wouldn’t be productive.”