CHANNEL 16 OF RHODE ISLAND, INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 23399.

440 F.2d 266 (1971)

CHANNEL 16 OF RHODE ISLAND, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Meyers, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Benedict P. Cottone, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

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

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, and MATTHEWS, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge:

Channel 16 of Rhode Island, Inc. (hereafter Channel 16), permittee of television broadcast station WNET on Channel 16 at Providence, Rhode Island, seeks review of the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Federal Communications Commission released April 8, 1969, denying an application of Channel 16 for an extension of time within which to complete construction of such station, and a Memorandum Opinion and Order released July 17, 1969...

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