* Rosel H. Hyde; Former FCC Chairman

Rosel H. Hyde, 92, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission who spent 35 years with the regulatory agency. During his career, Hyde played a key role in developing communications policy, including the licensing and expansion of radio, television, cable and mobile radio. He also helped develop the fairness doctrine that requires broadcasters to make time available for opposing views and was instrumental in the 1969 prohibition of cigarette advertising on radio and TV. Hyde was named an FCC commissioner in 1946 after serving as the agency’s general counsel. He was commission chairman and acting chairman from 1953 to 1954 and again was chairman from 1966 until 1969, when he retired to enter private law practice. On Saturday in a Chevy Chase, Md., nursing home.