COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY ACCESS, Appellant,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee,
Grandbanke Corporation, Intervenor.
SAVE OUR STATION COMMITTEE, Appellant,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee,
Grandbanke Corporation, Intervenor.
Simon GELLER, Appellant,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee,
Grandbanke Corporation, Intervenor.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 27, 1983.
Decided June 15, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barbara S. Brodlieb, New York City, and Gary Trachten, Atlanta, Ga., were on brief, for appellant, Committee for Community Access, in No. 82-2314.
Mark L. Gerchick, Washington, D.C., with whom Paul A. Zevnik and Milinda M. Patrick, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant, Save Our Station Committee, in No. 82-2373.
James A. Moody, Washington, D.C., with whom Anthony S. Murry, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant, Simon Geller, in No. 82-2400.
Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., with whom Bruce E. Fein, Gen. Counsel, Sheldon M. Guttmann, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Sue Ann Preskill, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee in Nos. 82-2314, 82-2373 and 82-2400. L. Andrew Tollin and Marjorie S. Reed, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for appellee.
John P. Bankson, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Jo-Ann McNally Muir, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for intervenor, Grandbanke Corp., in Nos. 82-2314, 82-2373 and 82-2400.
Thomas Schattenfield, David Tillotson and Mania K. Baghdadi, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for amicus curiae, National Radio Broadcasters Ass'n, urging that the Commission's decision be set aside.
Before WALD, MIKVA and STARR, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.
MIKVA, Circuit Judge:
This case represents yet another meandering effort by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) to develop a paradigm for its license renewal hearings. For years, this court has urged the FCC to put some bite into its comparative hearings. See, e.g., Central Florida Enterprises, Inc. v. FCC (Central Florida I),598 F.2d 37 (D.C...
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