PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT v. F.C.C.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela J. Campbell, Esquire, Adrienne T. Biddings, Esquire, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown Law, Washington, DC, for Petitioners, Prometheus Radio Project; Media Alliance; Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ, Inc.

Parul Desai, Esquire, Andrew J. Schwartzman, Esquire (Argued), Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Prometheus Radio Project; Media Alliance.

Marvin Ammori, Esquire, Coriell S. Wright, I, Esquire (Argued), Free Press, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Free Press.

Clifford M. Harrington, Esquire, Jack McKay, Esquire, Paul A. Cicelski, Esquire, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Sinclair Broadcast.

Bruce T. Reese, Esquire, Bonneville International Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT, Lewis A. Tollin, Esquire, Craig E. Gilmore, Esquire, Kenneth E. Satten, Esquire, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Scranton Times/Scranton Tribune; Bonneville International Corporation.

Jonathan H. Anschell, Esquire, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Studio City, CA, Susanna M. Lowy, Esquire, CBS Broadcasting Inc., New York, NY, for Petitioner, CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Jessica Marventano, Esquire, Sr. Vice President Government Affairs, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

Eve Reed, Esquire, John E. Fiorini, III, Esquire (Argued), James R.W. Bayes, Esquire, Richard E. Wiley, Esquire, Kathleen A. Kirby, Esquire, Andrew G. McBride, Esquire (Argued), Kurt A. Wimmer, Esquire, Helgi C. Walker, Esquire, (Argued), Jamie Alan Aycock, Esquire, Martha E. Heller, Esquire, Maria L. Mullarkey, Esquire, Richard J. Bodorff, Esquire, Christiane M. McKnight, Esquire, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners, Newspaper Association of America; Morris Communications Company, LLC; Clear Channel Communications, Inc.; Belo Corporation; Gannett Company, Inc.; CBS Corporation; CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Ellen S. Agress, Esquire, News Corporation, New York, NY, Maureen A. O'Connell, News Corporation, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Fox Television Stations, Inc.

Carter G. Phillips, Esquire, Ryan C. Morris, Esquire, James C. Owens, Jr., Esquire, Mark D. Schneider, Esquire, Virginia A. Seitz, Esquire (Argued), Jennifer B. Tatel, Esquire, R. Clark Wadlow, Esquire, James P. Young, Esquire, Sidley Austin, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Tribune Company; Fox Television Stations Inc.

George L. Mahoney, Esquire, Media General, Inc., Richmond, VA, for Petitioner, Media General Inc.

Michael D. Hays, Esquire (Argued), Kevin F. Reed, Esquire, M. Anne Swanson, Esquire, John R. Feore, Jr., Esquire, Dow Lohnes, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Fox Television Stations, Inc.; Cox Entertainment, Inc.; Media General Inc.

Jane E. Mago, Esquire, Jerianne Timmerman, Esquire, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC, Elaine J. Goldenberg, Esquire (Argued), Joshua M. Segal, Esquire, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, National Association of Broadcasters.

Robert A. Long, Jr. Esquire, Enrique Armijo, Esquire, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Petitioner, Coalition of Smaller Market TV Stations; Raycom Media Inc.

Christopher Murray, Esquire, Washington, DC, Glenn B. Manishin, Esquire (Argued), Duane Morris LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Petitioner, Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union.

Austin C. Schlick, General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis (Argued), Acting Deputy General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, III, Associate General Counsel, Matthew Berry, Esquire, James M. Carr, Esquire, P. Michele Ellison, Esquire, Joseph R. Palmore, Esquire, C. Grey Pash, Jr., Esquire, Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General, Nancy C. Garrison, Esquire, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Esquire, Robert J. Wiggers, Esquire, Robert B. Nicholson, Esquire, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents, Federal Communications Commission; United States of America.

Before: SCIRICA, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

                                 Table of Contents

   I.  Background and Procedural History ........................................438
       A.  Our Review of the Commission's 2003 Report and Order..................438
           1.  Newspaper/Broadcast and Radio/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rules.....438
           2.  Local Television Ownership Rule...................................439
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