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- ↑ FCC Complete List of Commissioners
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- ↑ Ronald Reagan: Nomination of Mark S. Fowler To Be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, and Designation as Chairman
- ↑ Andrews, Edmund L. (August 17, 1994). Airwave Entrepreneurs Still Feeling Their Way. The New York Times
