Nominee's Background:
Rev. Ambrose Lane, who grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been a Washington, D.C., radio talk show host and a political and religious commentator since 1978.
His weekly show, "We Ourselves," airs each Monday and Friday at 10 am on WPFW-Pacifica Radio 89.3 FM, Pacifica's 50,000 watt station in the nation's capitol. He is currently an elected member of WPFW's Local Station Board.
A writer and journalist, Lane has authored books, pamphlets, and articles on current events and non-profit governance. His latest book is "For Whites Only? How and Why American Became a Racist Nation."
He was a founder, part owner, editor and publisher for 17 years of the weekly newspaper, The Buffalo Challenger, serving Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, New York. While living in Buffalo, he was the first African American to be a mayoral candidate.
Rev. Lane is the 1999 recipient of the Washington, D.C.-based United Black Fund's 1999 Media Excellence Award "for 20 years of outstanding service to the community through superb journalism."
Lane is also author of Return of the Buffalo and For Whites Only? How and why America Became a Racist Nation.
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Progressive Criteria:
The FCC will:
Work to create an environment of fairness in media;
Ensure that our communications channels are open and available to the public;
Reverse the efforts of the current FCC to allow media conglomerates to grow larger and larger, creating media monopolies.
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