Mrs. Burton JOSEPH, Robin DeGrazia, Citizens Committee To Save WFMT-FM, et al., Appellants,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee,
WGN Continental FM Company and Gale Broadcasting Co., Inc., Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 13, 1968.
Decided July 30, 1968.
Petition for Rehearing Denied September 25, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Eugene F. Mullin, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Harry R. Booth, Chicago, Ill., a member of the bar of the State of Illinois, was on the brief, for appellants. Messrs. J. Parker Connor and S. White Rhyne, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellants.
Mrs. Lenore G. Ehrig, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Henry Geller, General Counsel, and John H. Conlin, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the pleadings for appellee.
Mr. R. Russell Eagan, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert A. Beizer, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings, for intervenor WGN Continental FM Company. Mr. Reed Miller, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for intervenor Gale Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
Appellants challenge a Federal Communications Commission order approving the assignment1 of the license of WFMT (FM), an award-winning fine arts station in Chicago, from an independent broadcasting company to WGN Continental FM Broadcasting Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tribune Company. Appellants are Mrs. Robin DeGrazia, 14 other individual listeners, and the Citizens Committee to Save WFMT(FM). The Tribune Company...
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