TELE-MEDIA CORP. v. F.C.C.

No. 79-1820.

697 F.2d 402 (1983)

TELE-MEDIA CORPORATION, Tele-Media Company of Key West, Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, Board of County Commissioners, Monroe County, Florida, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1983.

As Amended January 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart F. Feldstein, Washington, D.C., with whom Aaron I. Fleischman and David C. Jatlow, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Gregory M. Christopher, Atty., F.C.C., Washington, D.C., with whom Robert R. Bruce, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, C. Grey Pash, Jr., and Lisa B. Margolis, Attys., F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Eugene F. Mullin, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Nathaniel F. Emmons and Howard M. Weiss, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor, Bd. of County Com'rs of Monroe County, Fla.

James A. McKenna, Jr., Thomas N. Frohock and R. Michael Senkowski, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Frederick E. Attaway, Washington, D.C., was on the statement in lieu of brief for amicus curiae, Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc.

Before EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Tele-Media Corporation1 and Tele-Media Company of Key West2 ("Tele-Media" or "company") seek review of a decision of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") dismissing their petitions to deny the applications for translator station construction...

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