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NEW JERSEY COALITION FOR FAIR BROAD. v. F. C. C.

No. 78-1082.

580 F.2d 617 (1978)

The NEW JERSEY COALITION FOR FAIR BROADCASTING, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Educational Broadcasting Corp., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

May 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Sheldon M. Guttmann, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for respondent F. C. C.

Ellen Shaw Agress, New York City, was on the pleadings for petitioner.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBB, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In 1961 a Newark, New Jersey television station, WNTA-TV, assigned its license to a New York City-based educational television station, the predecessor to the current licensee, Educational Broadcasting Company (EBC), which committed itself to providing New Jersey with adequate broadcasting about local public affairs. NTA Television Broadcasting Corp., 44 FCC2d 2563 (1961). Within a decade it became apparent that New Jersey was not receiving adequate...

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