FCC Commissioner (Not) State of Franklin PAC President Kenneth C. Hill

wrathofkahn.ORG
Issue 23
December 12, 2005

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN(AND LADIES) TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY

Kenneth Hill is nominated for FCC Commissioner

The WRATH is honored to have as this issue's senior author Dr. Ken Hill, who was recently nominated for FCC Commissioner by Senator Frist, Majority Leader of the Senate.

He is, if I remember correctly, the first broadcaster (and also non-lawyer) to be nominated to join the FCC for over two decades, and WOW do we need him now.

There is a brand new boss at the FCC (Kevin Martin) and three of the five Commissioners are to be appointed. Fortunately, Senator Frist took the FCC situation seriously and nominated Ken, a real broadcaster who operates six stations (WHGG, WPWT, WJFC, WOLD, WABN, all AMers and WHCB-FM). Not only is he a solid owner/manager, but has a really, really keen interest in new technology. And Dr. Hill has vowed, if selected, he will name as his key advisor an EXPERT engineer, a man I have known and respected for over some 20 years.
[...]

Because of our friendship Dr. Hill as a really, really ethical person will recuse himself from voting on Digital Radio, but not to worry, he will do all he can to support Chairman Martin in driving Washington lobbyists from their inordinate position of power in influencing FCC technically based Rulemakings.

NOW IS THE TIME for you, dear reader, to write, e-mail, or shout to your Senator, his or her spouse, girl or boyfriend WE NEED KEN HILL ON THE FCC. PLEASE, PLEASE SPEND AN HOUR NOW IN SAVING YOUR FUTURE IN BROADCASTING. CHAIRMAN MARTIN NEEDS YOUR HELP. (Send me a copy... but not any notes to the girlfriend, be discrete.)

I, Leonard R. Kahn, whose Mother, would be so proud that I have as a friend Dr. Hill who was nominated by Senator Frist, who may well be the next President, truly believe that the above stated facts and opinions are accurate and are not meant to mislead.

The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 2004 Edition

Every four years, just after the Presidential election, the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is published, alternately, by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform. The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.

The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): About

Published by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform alternately after each Presidential election, the Plum Book lists over 7,000 Federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide. Data covers positions such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisors, and aides who report to these officials. The duties of many such positions may involve advocacy of Administration policies and programs and the incumbents usually have a close and confidential working relationship with the agency or other key officials.

The major categories of positions listed in United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions include:

• Executive Schedule and salary-equivalent positions paid at the rates established for levels I through V of the Executive Schedule;


• Senior Executive Service "General" positions and Senior Foreign Service positions;


• Schedule C positions excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director, Office of Personnel Management, and other positions at the GS-14 and above level excepted from the competitive civil service by law, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties.

The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government. The list originate in 1952 during the Eisenhower administration. For twenty-two years prior, the Democratic controlled the Federal Government. When President Eisenhower took office, the Republican Party requested a list of government positions that President Eisenhower could fill. The next edition of the Plum Book appeared in 1960 and has since been published every four years, just after the Presidential election.

GPO Access contains the 1996, 2000, and 2004 editions of the Plum Book. Files are available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) only. The next version of the Plum Book will be prepared for publication immediately following the November 2008 Presidential election.

Kevin J. Martin, Commissioner (2004, .pdf)
PAS (Positions Subject to Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation, .pdf)
EX Pay Plan Level, Grade, or Pay IV ($136,900; 2004) .pdf

***

FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS BOA - 20060303AAW (WPWT 870 AM)

Kenneth C. Hill self-identifies as [x] American Indian or Alaska Native on the FCC 323 and as "W" (white) on his Tennessee Voter Roll Card (December 5, 1983. #1476 Sullivan County).