Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr joined a broadcast tower crew in Alabama, climbing atop a tower to highlight their work.
Carr joined Army veteran and technician Hasani Hogan in climbing the tower. “They’re refitting this 1800-foot tower with an entirely new lighting system. I’ve had a chance to climb with crews a lot in my time on the commission. It’s my first time climbing as chairman,” Carr said.
Hogan explained that the project entailed “taking off the old lighting system and putting up a new lighting system on this 1800-foot tower.”
“And it is an honor to have Chairman Carr here with us and willing to go up on the tower. That shows his bravery and his willingness to help us in the broadcast industry,” he said.
Carr noted that “[m]ost people, they turn their smartphone on or turn their TV on they think it just works maybe on magic or pixie dust, but it’s hard work of Hasani and tower crews like his that get it done.”
Upon making it to the top of the tower, Carr said, “America’s tower crews get the toughest jobs done. Super grateful for their work.”
ABC 27 reported that an estimated 200 people climb and maintain the towers across the United States.
In a press release released ahead of his climb, Carr said tower crews “do the hard, often gritty work necessary to keep America’s communications networks running. It is always an honor to climb with them, and I look forward to joining them today.”
Following the climb, Carr toured a local broadcast TV station and visited public safety officials.
