SACRAMENTO BROADCASTERS v. FEDERAL COMMUN. COM'N

No. 12854.

236 F.2d 689 (1956)

SACRAMENTO BROADCASTERS, Inc., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, KCRA, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied August 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jack P. Blume, New York City, with whom Mr. Peter Shuebruk, New York City, was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Henry Geller, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Warren E. Baker, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Richard A. Solomon, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. J. Smith Henley, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Messrs. Philip G. Loucks, Joseph F. Zias and Verne R. Young, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor. Mr. Maurice M. Jansky, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Sacramento Broadcasters, Inc., appellant, and KCRA, Inc., intervenor, filed mutually exclusive applications with the Federal Communications Commission for a permit to construct a new television station to be operated on Channel 3 in Sacramento, California. The application of KCRA was granted and that of Broadcasters was denied. The latter's petition for rehearing and reconsideration was also denied. It appeals to this court under section 402(b...

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