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After four years of participating on panels at the annual NAB Show, newly minted commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, used TV terms to describe being asked to give this morning’s keynote speech. “It’s like going from a morning show to prime time,” Pai said to the standing-room-only crowd at the broadcasting, media and tech conference.

Appointed to the commission by President Obama in 2012, Pai was nominated to be chairman of the FCC by President Trump, and he has already started reshaping how the FCC works with America’s broadcasters.

“Our

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