KCMC, INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 78-3037.

600 F.2d 546 (1979)

KCMC, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Burling, Michael S. Horne, J. Geoffrey Bentley, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Daniel M. Armstrong, Keith H. Fagan, Attys., Federal Communications Com'n, Washington, D.C., for the F. C. C.

Before SIMPSON, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us on a petition for review of a decision by the respondent Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in which the sole issue presented for review is the proper construction of an FCC regulation requiring the divestiture of certain commonly-owned daily newspapers and commercial television stations.

The petitioner, KCMC, Inc., is a licensee of television broadcast station KTAL-TV (KTAL). KTAL is an NBC network...

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