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WASH. ASS'N FOR TELEVISION & CHILDREN v. F.C.C.

No. 82-1524.

712 F.2d 677 (1983)

WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION FOR TELEVISION AND CHILDREN, Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee, National Broadcasting Company, Evening News Association, WJLA, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1983.

As Amended July 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela J. Campbell, Washington, D.C., with whom Wilhelmina Reuben Cooke, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

C. Grey Pash, Jr., Attorney, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., with whom Stephen A. Sharp, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Arthur B. Goodkind, Washington, D.C., was on brief for intervenor, National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

J. Laurent Scharff and Jack N. Goodman, Washington, D.C., were on brief for intervenor, Evening News Ass'n.

Howard F. Roycroft, Washington, D.C., was on brief for intervenor, WJLA, Inc.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, WALD, Circuit Judge, and GORDON, Senior District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Washington Association for Television and Children (WATCH) filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) opposing the license renewals of three television stations in Washington, D.C. on the grounds that the stations had failed to provide any regularly scheduled weekday children's programs, in contravention of Commission policy. The Commission...

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