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BLACK BROADCASTING COALITION OF RICHMOND v. F. C. C.

No. 75-1885.

556 F.2d 59 (1977)

BLACK BROADCASTING COALITION OF RICHMOND, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Roy H. Park Broadcasting of Virginia, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1977.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1977.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan A. Bowie, Washington, D.C., with whom Frank W. Lloyd, III, Washington, D.C., and Henry L. Marsh, III and William H. Bass, III, Richmond, Va., were on the brief, for appellant.

J. Tullos Wells, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., for appellee. Ashton R. Hardy, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, and Henry C. Bowen, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Nancy B. Carey, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Robert W. Coll, Washington, D.C., with whom James A. McKenna, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for intervenor.

Before WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and GESELL, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from orders of the Federal Communications Commission renewing without hearing licenses to operate Stations WTVR-AM-FM-TV over the opposition of appellant Black Broadcasting Coalition of Richmond (BBC).1 The appeal brings into issue the stations' alleged racial discrimination in employment during the 1969-1972 license period and the adequacy of WTVR's affirmative action effort both during and after that period...

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