Andrew Barrett, who served as FCC Commissioner during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, wrote an editorial recently for the Chicago Defender, a newspaper primarily for the African-American community. In the article, Mr. Barrett calls on the FCC to come up with a solution to a problem that has existed at least since his term of service in the late 80s and 90s: “During my tenure [at the FCC], the economic plight of Black businesses and the challenges relative to radio advertising were understood and debated but never remedied. But with today’s racial discourse I hope significant progress can be made to improve the disparities that exist among the have and have-nots controlling the radio frequencies.”