Sol Schildhause Dies at 89

The Washington Post reports today on the death of Sol Schildhause, the first chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s cable television bureau.

Schildhause was one of the first, as well as most avid, advocates of cable television at the industry’s inception and continued his advocacy throughout his life.

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