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[Diablos]

Just confirmed on CNN. I don't see an article on their website yet, but I found some info here:
http://robschumacher.blogspot.com/2005/02/next-up-at-head-of-fcckevin-j-martin.html
Don't be alarmed by the music

Nominated April 30, 2001; confirmed May 25, 2001; Sworn-in July 3, 2001. Before joining the FCC, Martin was a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He served on the Bush-Cheney Transition Team and was Deputy General Counsel for the Bush campaign. Prior to joining the campaign, Martin was an advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. He has also served in the Office of the Independent Counsel and worked as an associate at the Washington, DC law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Before joining Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Martin was a judicial clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William M. Hoeveler, Miami, FL. Martin received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Florida Bar, District of Columbia Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association.

They say he often argued with Powell over FCC policy.

One is Kevin J. Martin, a Republican commissioner and former White House official who several times foiled Mr. Powell's attempts to deregulate broadcasters and telephone companies.

Powell's exit begins a transition in agency leadership. A likely successor is Republican FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin, who has sometimes clashed with Powell on policy. Martin's wife, Catherine, is an adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, and both have friends in the administration.

Oh boy.

 

[Pellham]

bah the FCC is still the garbage of all government agencies. Regulating decency is one of the most pointless things in the world.