WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it comes to antagonists of broadcast media, there is perhaps no individual who has risen to fill that role than the head of the Consumer Technology Association. From fighting the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act through fierce lobbying to preventing broadcast TV from modernizing the FCC’s ownership rules, CTA President Gary Shapiro has engaged in activities that led some in broadcast media to outright boycott the 2026 CES conference in Las Vegas last month.
Now, Shapiro’s group is gaining attention for a letter sent Monday to the Senate Commerce Committee’s Chairman and Ranking Member ahead of yesterday’s hearing on broadcast TV ownership rules that came to light only after the two-hour Capitol Hill affair.
