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CIVIC TELECASTING CORPORATION v. F. C. C.

No. 74-1952.

523 F.2d 1185 (1975)

CIVIC TELECASTING CORPORATION, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, North Texas Broadcasting Corp., Amon G. Carter, Jr., Capital Cities Communications, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Maxwell, pro se.

Sheldon M. Guttmann, Counsel, FCC, with whom Ashton R. Hardy, Gen. Counsel and Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee, FCC.

J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Joel Rosenbloom, David R. Anderson and Richard D. Paisner, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor Capital Cities Communications, Inc., Timothy N. Black, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor, Capital Cities Communications.

Michael Finkelstein, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor, Amon G. Carter, Jr.

Michael H. Bader and Henry A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for intervenor, North Texas Broadcasting Corp.

Before TAMM, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant-petitioner Civic Telecasting Corporation (Civic) has urged us to declare a rule announcing a broad duty for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its treatment of petitions to deny license renewals. This proposed duty would require the FCC to deny the renewal, launch its own full-scale investigation, or schedule a hearing whenever a petition to deny failed to present facts sufficient to indicate a substantial question that the renewal...

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