GREENSBORO TELEVISION COMPANY v. F. C. C.

No. 72-2017.

502 F.2d 475 (1974)

GREENSBORO TELEVISION COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles O. Verrill, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Lawrence W. Secrest, III, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission with whom John W. Pettit, Gen. Counsel and Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, were on the brief, for respondents. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, entered an appearance for respondent, United States of America.

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


ROBB, Circuit Judge:

WFMY Television Corporation (WFMY) applied to the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) for renewal of the license of television broadcasting station WFMY-TV, Channel 2, Greensboro, North Carolina. The appellant, Greensboro Television Company (Greensboro) filed a competing application for a construction permit for a new television broadcasting station to operate on the same channel. Thereafter, following developments which we shall discuss...

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