Transportation Secretary nominee Anthony Foxx isn’t the first former Charlotte mayor to be tapped for a high-profile federal job. That was Frank McNinch, who as chairman of FDR’s Federal Communications Commission (1937-39) dealt with controversial figures ranging from Orson Welles to Mae West. About Welles’ “War of the Worlds” McNinch lamented that “any broadcast that […]
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Another Charlotte mayor answered call to D.C.
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged anthony foxx, charlotte nc mayors, federal communications commission, frank mcninch, mae west, orson welles, radio censorship, war of the worlds on May 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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