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

No. 79-1670.

655 F.2d 417 (1981)

DOUBLEDAY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Metroplex Communications of Missouri, Inc., KSLQ, Inc., Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. King, Washington, D. C., with whom Michael H. Bader, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jane E. Mago, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Keith H. Fagan, and Roberta L. Cook, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Robert A. Bruce, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Martin R. Leader, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor, Metroplex Communications of Missouri.

Edgar W. Holtz and Richard S. Rodin, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenor, KSLQ, Inc.

Before TAMM, ROBB and MIKVA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Doubleday Broadcasting Company, Inc., pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 402(b) (1976), from a decision of the Federal Communications Commission that denied Doubleday's request to conform the call sign of Doubleday's FM station WGNU-FM licensed to Granite City, Illinois, with the call sign of its AM station KWK licensed to St. Louis, Missouri. The Commission concluded: ...

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