MELODY MUSIC, INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 18857.

345 F.2d 730 (1965)

MELODY MUSIC, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marcus Cohn, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Paul Dobin and Stanley S. Neustadt, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John Conlin, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Henry Geller, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel R. Ohlbaum, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Howard Jay Braun, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and FAHY and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

The Federal Communications Commission refused to renew appellant's license to operate WGMA, a standard radio broadcast station in Hollywood, Florida. Appellant's only shareholders, Daniel Enright and Jack Barry, produced television quiz shows prior to 1960 in which some contestants were secretly given assistance in answering questions. The hearing examiner stated that Enright and Barry

"have engaged in activities relating to television...

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