LEFLORE BROADCASTING CO., INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 78-1677.

636 F.2d 454 (1980)

LEFLORE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. (WSWG-AM) Greenwood, Mississippi, and Dixie Broadcasting Company, Inc. (WSWG-FM) Greenwood, Mississippi, Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee W. Shubert, Washington, D. C., with whom Forbes W. Blair, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

James R. Jamison, Jr., counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., with whom Robert R. Bruce, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Assoc. Gen. Counsel and Keith H. Fagan, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, TAMM, Circuit Judge and GREENE, United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Leflore Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Leflore) and Dixie Broadcasting Co., Inc. (Dixie), the licensees respectively of WSWG-AM and WSWG-FM in Greenwood, Mississippi, bring this appeal from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) denying their license renewal applications. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

(A) Facts. Dixie is the original...

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