WOKO, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

No. 9021.

153 F.2d 623 (1946)

WOKO, Inc., v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided January 21, 1946.

Writ of Certiorari Granted April 22, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Dempsey, of Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. William C. Koplovitz, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harry M. Plotkin, Assistant General Counsel, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Rosel H. Hyde, General Counsel, Benedict P. Cottone, Assistant General Counsel, and Philip Bergson, Counsel, all of the Federal Communications Commission, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Granted April 22, 1946. See 66 S.Ct. 968.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

On September 28, 1942, the appellant, WOKO, Inc., applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a renewal of the radio station license held by it for the operation of its broadcasting facilities at Albany, New York. Under permits periodically procured this radio station has been operated in Albany for some fifteen years last past. After extended hearings...

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