i could not think of a better way to launch the genachowski era. i think you have done a great job so far, sir. [laughter] there are four groups of thank yous right here. a will be as brief as possible. i think many folks for my renomination and reconfirmation -- certainly, my parents, got himself -- god himself. my parents are no longer with us, but i think about them often. to jennifer and my kids. these public service jobs are very demanding and frequently the burdens and stresses fall on their shoulders, and i thank them for everything, all their love and support for the past two years and the time going forward as well. i would like to think the president for appointing me and the senate for confirming the. my fellow commissioners -- commissioner cox -- commissioner copps, and to julius genachowski. more about him in a said. to the team in my office. the office team i have had for years. you try hard to make me look good. i know that can be difficult. i appreciate that. also, the great women and men of the federal communications commission who

. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges. it was three weeks ago. there are many challenges and restraints such as time and budget we have a statutory deadline, the magic date of february 17. folks need to understand that our deadline for the broadband mapping data to be in comes about one year after the plan is due. one of the most critical inputs to the decision making for the plan comes one year after the plan is due. it is important to put that in context. we will try to do our own mapping and the tet-gathering. -- data-gathering. folks need to manage their expectations accordingly. hopefully, of the broadband plan will continue to be iterative after february 17. it is difficult to keep up with internet time but we need to make sure we did not slow down internet time in the process. these are challenges that i hope will adjust all expectations and i look forward to working with you and all my colleagues and all the stakeholders. i look forward to going throughout the country to learn more about this. i have already starte

i could not think of a better way to launch the genachowski era. i think you have done a great job so far, sir. [laughter] there are four groups of thank yous right here. a will be as brief as possible. i think many folks for my renomination and reconfirmation -- certainly, my parents, got himself -- god himself. my parents are no longer with us, but i think about them often. to jennifer and my kids. these public service jobs are very demanding and frequently the burdens and stresses fall on their shoulders, and i thank them for everything, all their love and support for the past two years and the time going forward as well. i would like to think the president for appointing me and the senate for confirming the. my fellow commissioners -- commissioner cox -- commissioner copps, and to julius genachowski. more about him in a said. to the team in my office. the office team i have had for years. you try hard to make me look good. i know that can be difficult. i appreciate that. also, the great women and men of the federal communications commission who

. -- genachowski for your talk earlier this week. there are many challenges.it was three weeks ago. there are many challenges and restraints such as time and budget we have a statutory deadline, the magic date of february 17. folks need to understand that our deadline for the broadband mapping data to be in comes about one year after the plan is due. one of the most critical inputs to the decision making for the plan comes one year after the plan is due. it is important to put that in context. we will try to do our own mapping and the tet-gathering. -- data-gathering. folks need to manage their expectations accordingly. hopefully, of the broadband plan will continue to be iterative after february 17. it is difficult to keep up with internet time but we need to make sure we did not slow down internet time in the process. these are challenges that i hope will adjust all expectations and i look forward to working with you and all my colleagues and all the stakeholders. i look forward to going throughout the country to learn more about this. i have already started

chairman thank you, that was an honor and a terrific way to launch the julius genachowski era at the. you have done great so far by the way. [laughter] but i do have many people to think and i have four groups of thank yous. i will try to be as brief as possible because i know we want to get on with the business of to get on with the business of the day.

movement toward redefining the public interest obligations and the new chairman will be julius genachowskian old school harvard schom i believe of president obama. he led the digital effort for obama's election campaign, a very successful in what he did because he garnered, helped garner the youthful ." this man absolutely is in the mold of diversity of ownership, diversity of opinion and localism, no question about it so those will be the two efforts led through the fcc so i think it is right around then. >> will this be a creeping kind of thing or will this be incent and do you see radio stations already starting to build an localism or put on liberal's in anticipation? >> guest: no, i don't see them putting on liberal hosts so to speak but there is one group which is the largest radio company in america, clear channels, which is trying to get out in front of this a bit by establishing program advisory boards, which the sec clearly wants to get done through their localism mandates. and, they want to be that there, doing it themselves rather than having government regulate it, and to me,