LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S COALITION, ETC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 76-1133, 76-1711, and 76-1713.

584 F.2d 1089 (1978)

LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S COALITION FOR BETTER BROADCASTING, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, CBS, Inc., Intervenor. LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S COALITION FOR BETTER BROADCASTING, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Metromedia, Inc., Intervenor. LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S COALITION FOR BETTER BROADCASTING, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, KCOP Television, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gloria Allred, Los Angeles, Cal., was on the brief for appellant. Tracy Western, UCLA School of Law, entered an appearance for appellant in No. 76-1133.

Werner K. Hartenberger, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Raymond L. Strassburger, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

J. Roger Wollenberg, Timothy B. Dyk, Sally Katzen, and Carol Drescher Weisman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor CBS, Inc.

Thomas J. Dougherty and Preston R. Padden, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor Metromedia, Inc.

Howard F. Roycroft, Richard S. Rodin, and Gardner F. Gillespie, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor KCOP Television, Inc.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, and ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court per curiam.

Dissenting opinion filed by MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, the Los Angeles Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting (WCBB), filed with the Federal Communications Commission petitions to deny the renewal applications of three Los Angeles television licensees. The Commission rejected the petitions, finding that WCBB had failed to raise any substantial and material questions requiring a hearing...

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