ME 1/16/20 - Fmr. Sen. Trent Lott on Impeachment | FCC Frequency Changes | Book Club: Fortunate Son - a podcast by MPB Think Radio

The House of Representatives send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for action. We talk exclusively with former Majority Leader Trent Lott about the trial process.

Then, local television networks are changing frequencies. We talk to the FCC about how to stay up to date with the change.

Plus, in a new Book Club, Brooks Eason, “Fortunate Son: The Story of Baby Boy Francis.”

Segment 1:

The articles of impeachment advance to the Senate today following a formal vote in the House Wednesday. This is the first impeachment trial the Senate will judge since the 1999 hearing against President Bill Clinton. Former Mississippi Senator Trent Lott served as Senate Majority Leader during Clinton impeachment. In part one of our two part conversation, the Senator join's MPB's Michael Guidry to reflect on his experiences during the trial process. 

Segment 2:

Viewers who watch over-the-air television with an antenna will need to rescan their television sets to continue to receive local TV channels that change their frequencies. Stations nationwide are changing frequencies to help open up airwaves for new high-speed wireless service. Jean Kiddoo is Chair of the Federal Communications Commission's Incentive Auction Task Force. She tells us the frequency changes are part of an effort to use the nation's airwaves efficiently.

Segment 3:

Brooks Eason was born in June of 1957 in New Orleans. He didn’t know who his mother was until decades later … and the reason he found out about her at all was because of a nation-wide search for HIM. Today, in our Book Club, Brooks Eason tells us about his familial journey in “Fortunate Son: The Story of Baby Boy Francis.”

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