ANNISTON BROADCASTING CO. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 80-7361, 80-7785.

668 F.2d 829 (1982)

ANNISTON BROADCASTING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. OWOSSO BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, James R. W. Bayes, Washington, D. C., Aloysius B. McCabe, Boston, Mass., for petitioner in No. 80-7361.

John E. Ingle, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., Robert B. Nicholson, Daniel J. Conway, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents in both cases.

James E. Greeley, Peter Gutmann, Washington, D. C., for petitioner in No. 80-7785.

Before HILL and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Anniston Broadcasting Company and Owosso Broadcasting Company, Inc., petition this court for review1 of a Memorandum Opinion and Order of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission),2 denying their petitions for waiver of sections 73.35, 73.240, and 73.636 of the Commission's Rules, which require divestiture of newspaper-broadcast combinations which constitute effective monopolies over their...

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