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CITIZENS COMMITTEE v. F. C. C.

No. 23515.

436 F.2d 263 (1970)

The CITIZENS COMMITTEE To Preserve the present programming of the "Voice of the Arts in Atlanta on WGKA-AM and FM", Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Strauss Broadcasting Company of Atlanta, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Angel, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Mr. D. Biard MacGuineas, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, with whom Messrs. Henry Geller, General Counsel, and John H. Conlin, Associate General Counsel, and Mrs. Lenore G. Ehrig, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Reed Miller, Washington, D. C., with whom Mrs. Anne W. Branscomb, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding to review an order of the Federal Communications Commission was initiated by a voluntary association of citizens of Atlanta, Georgia. Their concern is with a substantial alteration in the program format incident to a change in ownership of a licensee — a concern which they requested the Commission to explore in an evidentiary hearing before giving its final approval to the transfer. The Commission denied that request...

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