POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO. v. FEDERAL C. COMMISSION

No. 7016.

98 F.2d 288 (1938)

POTTSVILLE BROADCASTING CO. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (SCHUYLKILL BROADCASTING CO., Intervener).

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 9, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot C. Lovett and Charles D. Drayton, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Hampson Gary, Gen. Counsel, George B. Porter, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Fanney Neyman, Asst. Counsel, and Frank U. Fletcher, all of Washington, D. C., for Federal Communications Commission.

Arthur W. Scharfeld, Philip G. Loucks, and Joseph F. Zias, all of Washington, D. C., for Schuylkill Broadcasting Company.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

This is an appeal from the Federal Communications Commission.

The Pottsville Broadcasting Company, a newly organized Maryland corporation, applied to the Commission in May 1936 for a permit to construct a local daytime broadcasting station in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Charles D. Drayton, a lawyer in Washington city, is president of the company. The other officers and directors are residents of Pottsville. Prior to the application the company...

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